The scenes for each chapter are so easy to imagine. It's so easy to lose yourself in Kristina's world.

However, the purple cover with the title written in Meth looks good too.Īs with the first book in this series, the world building is perfect. I do prefer the first cover as I loved the black and white simplicity of it. I love the way Hopkins continues to use a slang name for Meth.Īgain, I do like the cover to this book. Glass is one of the many slang names for the drug Meth. The title of this sequel to Crank is a great one. Will Kristina finally give up the monster for good this time to become a good mother?

Little does she know it's not as easy as that. Kristina believes she can control the monster now that she has Hunter to take care of. Now Kristina has a baby to take care off. I enjoyed this book a lot, not as much as the first book in the series, but it was still good. In 2009, Identical was named the fifth most popular book for teens via YALSA's 2009 Teens’ Top Ten award.(This review can also be found on my blog The (Mis)Adventures of a Twenty-Something Year Old Girl).Īfter reading Crank by Ellen Hopkins, I knew I had to read the sequel. Reception for Identical has been positive, with the School Library Journal writing that the book was 'Gritty and compelling, this is not a comfortable read, but its keen insights make it hard to put down.' Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews also positively reviewed the book, with Kirkus praising the book's voices as well as Hopkins's 'masterful shards of verse'. Both girls must figure out how to become whole, but how can they when their world has been torn to shreds?' Reception Raeanne uses painkillers, drugs, alcohol, sex, and purging as an outlet to numb the pain of not being Daddy's favorite. She cuts herself and binge eats, desperate to feel something normal. Kaeleigh is the good girl-her father's perfect flower, something she has tried so hard to be since she was nine and he started sexually abusing her. Everything on the surface of their lives seems Norman Rockwell perfect, but underneath run deep and damaging secrets. 'Kaeleigh and Raeanne are 16-year-old identical twins, the daughters of a district court judge father and politician mother running for Congress. Hopkins has stated that 'Some of the material for the book came from friends, friends who are now strong successful women and you would never guess that abuse is in their past'. The book was released in August 2008 and hit The New York Times Bestsellers list. Identical is Ellen Hopkins's fifth novel.

Glass by ellen hopkins