Impulse by Ellen Hopkins

Title: Impulse
Impulse #1
Author: Ellen Hopkins
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
Release Date: January 23rd 2007
Pages: 666
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Blurb:
Tony's painful childhood memories can be quelled only through pills. Vanessa has a secret that keeps her coming back to the blade. And Connor seems to have the perfect life on the outside, but his inward battle with his parents, his peers, and himself give him one last choice - to pull the trigger.
These are three lives that would have been cut short if not for the hasty intervention by loved ones. Or fate. Now they are given a second chance at a better life - but only if they help one another, and if they find the strength to let go of thier inner demons. For good.
(Blurb from my edition)

My review:
OH MY F***ING GOD!!!! This book seriously tipped me over the edge into amazement! I accidentally started yesterday (I thought I was going to read Inheritance #2), but I couldn't put the book away until I was finished. And now I feel like crying because it's over.
Impulse by Ellen Hopkins is an AMAZING masterpiece! She writes her novels like poems and that gives the whole story a so intense feeling that you just read with your jaw dropped, drooling. Seriously. The story is about these three youngsters who meet at the Aspen Springs home for mentally disordered. A lot of things happens in such short time and it was very sudden that I looked up and saw that I was halfway through. They meet and have a huge influence on each others lives, both good and bad. I won't give you any spoilers, you'll have to read it yourselves! And TRUST ME, you will NOT be disappointed!

Hopkins is an amazing author. Her writing style takes away all the unnecessary elements, and that is one of the reasons why it was so intense. I normally don't read poetry or what resembles it, but I loved this book! I got to read more of her! She made me feel 100% how the main characters did, and if they had a hard time, I could feel it in my chest. No kidding. I've never felt so combined with book characters before, but that may be because of the character of the story. This was not a fantasy-novel. This was a novel which describe some very real feelings and things that are going on in the world. Hopkins didn't have to take me to a new world. She just used our own.
I love fantasy, but I must say, I've NEVER been so impressed by a book that takes place in our own world. I can only say one thing to you guys: READ IT READ IT READ IT READ IT!! You will be astonished by how deep this book will set marks in you.

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