Review: Glass (Crank #2) by Ellen Hopkins

Crank. Glass. Ice. Crystal. Whatever you call it, it's all the same: a monster. And once it's got hold of you, this monster will never let you go.

Kristina thinks she can control it. Now with a baby to care for, she's determined to be the one deciding when and how much, the one calling the shots. But the monster is too strong, and before she knows it, Kristina is back in its grips. She needs the monster to keep going, to face the pressures of day-to-day life. She needs it to feel alive.

Once again the monster takes over Kristina's life and she will do anything for it, including giving up the one person who gives her the unconditional love she craves -- her baby.

The sequel to Crank, this is the continuing story of Kristina and her descent back to hell. Told in verse, it's a harrowing and disturbing look at addiction and the damage that it inflicts.

After reading Crank by Ellen Hopkins, I knew I had to read the sequel.  It just had to be done.  I enjoyed this book a lot, not as much as the first book in the series, but it was still good.

Glass begins where Crank left off.  Now Kristina has a baby to take care off.  Kristina believes she can control the monster now that she has Hunter to take care of.  Little does she know it's not as easy as that.  Will Kristina finally give up the monster for good this time to become a good mother?

The title of this sequel to Crank is a great one.  Glass is one of the many slang names for the drug Meth.  I love the way Hopkins continues to use a slang name for Meth.

Again, I do like the cover to this book.  I do prefer the first cover as I loved the black and white simplicity of it.  However, the purple cover with the title written in Meth looks good too.

As with the first book in this series, the world building is perfect.  It's so easy to lose yourself in Kristina's world.  The scenes for each chapter are so easy to imagine.

The pacing of this book is a bit slower than the first one.  However, the pacing is still very good.  I didn't devour this book like I did Crank, but I still loved it.  I don't know why, but Glass just read a bit slower.

Like with the first book in the series, there isn't that much dialogue between characters.  However, I loved the internal dialogue Kristina has with herself.  It makes Kristina come across as more real and vulnerable.  There is swearing in this book so if that bothers you, you don't want to read this book.

I still think Kristina is a fabulous character, and Hopkins does a fantastic job of portraying her like a proper Meth addict that came from a great home life.  Kristina is a very well written character, and I really, really loved learning more about her.  I was a bit saddened that Chase wasn't really in the second book as I loved him in the first.  We do get to meet Trey though who I didn't really like, not because he wasn't written very well, but because of the way he treated Kristina.  Brad was definitely one of my favourite characters.

This book is also written in verse like the first one.  I like this because it makes the story more interesting to me.  Plus, I like it when a book has a short chapter.  Long chapters in books really annoy me for some reason.

Glass is a fantastic book and continues from the first book rather smoothly.  The pacing is not as fast as the first book, but it's still a great sequel.  I've now started on the third and final book in the series.

I'd recommend this book to everyone aged 16+ due to the bad language and the themes.

I'd give Glass (Crank #2) by Ellen Hopkins a 4.5 out of 5.

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