![]() ![]() Each character’s story is incredibly personal and compelling however, the one that I related to most was Vanessa. However, their lives become interconnected through their therapy sessions, daily activities, and shared struggles. The three characters do not know each other, nor are they all that similar (at least, at face value). ![]() In “Impulse,” there are three main characters who meet at a residential facility for teenagers in need of intensive psychiatric care after having attempted suicide. She has a keen sense of the struggles many young people encounter in today’s world, and expresses them in a way that helps to give voice to what they are going through, as well as helps to communicate these things to those who are invested in helping and caring for them. And secondly, her subject matter is edgy, is graphic, is surprising, and is GENUINE. ![]() This adds such visual interest that you can’t help but be intrigued. She writes in verse, and many times the verse takes on a shape significant to the content of the text. The way the words are laid out on the page is extraordinary. The first, at least for me, is her writing style. There are several things to love about Ellen Hopkins’ writings. ![]() My favorite book of hers is entitled “Impulse.” I’ve read a few others of hers, and I have definitely enjoyed them. ![]()
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