Perfect by Ellen Hopkins
I was really really into Ellen Hopkins at one point. I was
even semi close with her. We talked about our books and our lives on more than
one occasion. I’m not lying; I can’t make this shit up. It has been quite some
time since I had last read a book by her. Her books are uniquely characterized
by being written entirely in poetry and by almost never having happy endings.
Ellen once explained to me her reasoning for the way she ended her stories by
telling me that real life doesn’t always have a happy ending. I was awed by
that answer. Her stories are also about extremely intense topics; drug abuse,
suicide, teen pregnancy, and child abuse being among those topics.
Perfect is more or less the sequel to Impulse. Impulse was a
book written about three teens that had attempted suicide and had been forced
into a mental institution when their attempts failed. All of these teens
attempted suicide over lost love, unreciprocated love or love that was never
found and in the end; one of the teens succeeds in his second suicide attempt
while the other two find love and salvation in one another.
Perfect is a book about the people who were in love with the
teens in the first book and more or less caused them to attempt suicide.
When I started reading it, I noticed that I didn’t really
enjoy it and I felt like reading the book was more of a task than a leisurely
enjoyment practice. I guess I’m just not really into her books as much as I
used to be, I’ve out grown them a little. This doesn’t mean this was a bad
book; I just didn’t really enjoy reading it. If you’ve read Impulse, then you
are going to want to read Perfect. It really gave you an insight to the other
side of the stories.
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