Tricks (Tricks, #1)

Five teenagers from different parts of the country Three girls Two guys Four straight One gay Some rich Some poor Some from great families Some with no one at all All living their lives as best they can, but all searchingfor freedom, safety, community, family, love What they don t expect, though, is all that can happen when those powerful little words I love you are said for all the wrong reasons.Five moving stories remain separate at first, then interweave to tell a larger, powerful story a story about making choices, taking leaps of faith, falling down, and growing up A story about kids figuring out what sex and love are all about, at all costs, while asking themselves, Can I ever feel okay about myself Best Download [ Tricks (Tricks, #1) ] Author [ Ellen Hopkins ] – kino-fada.fr Posted at Shelf InflictedWhen I went to pick this book up at the library, I was surprised at how small and fat it was Great, just what I need a 600 page book and hardly enough time to read When I opened up the book and glanced at the first few pages, I was delighted and shocked the margins were so wide and there were nothan seven words per line Then I thought, wait a minute, this is freakin poetry Since I read so little poetry and never developed an appreciation for it, I left the Posted at Shelf InflictedWhen I went to pick this book up at the library, I was surprised at how small and fat it was Great, just what I need a 600 page ...www.melissa413readsalot.blogspot.comDamn All of Ellen s books are rough as hell I love them, but they get right into your bones and tear you apart I have to share an excerpt from the book that I m all too familiar with Some PeopleNever find the right kind of love You know, the kind that stealsyour breathe away, like diving into snowmelt.The kind that jolts your heart,sets it beating apace, an anxioushiccuping of hummingbird wings.The kind that makes every terribleminute apart feel like hou www.melissa413readsalot.blogspot.comDamn All of Ellen s books are rough as hell I love them, but they get right into your bones and tear you apart I have to share an excerpt from the book that I m all too familiar with Some PeopleNever find the right kind of love You know, the kind that stealsyour breathe away, like diving into snowmelt.The kind that jolts your heart,sets it beating apace, an anxioushiccuping of hum...Tricks was my second Hopkins book I read Impulse a while ago and remember devouring it in a matter of hours and loving it I wish I felt the same way about Tricks Hopkins has established herself as a crusader of tough teen issues drug use, suicide, abuse This book was no exception The author approached teen prostitution head on, not sugar coating it and without unnecessary moralizing I applaud Hopkins for that, not many authors have guts to touch this kind of subject As for the nov Tricks was my second Hopkins book I read Impulse a while ago and remember devouring it in a matter of hours and loving it I wish I felt the same way about Tricks Hopkins has established herself as a crusader of tough teen issues drug use, suicide, abuse This book was no exception The author approached teen prostitution head on, not sugar coating it and without unnecessary moralizing I applaud Hopkins for that, not many authors have guts to touch this kind of subject As for the novel itself, it left me cold.First, I was to my own surprise extremely bored by the narration, so much so that I started contemplating to drop the book altogether I might have felt this way because of the multitude of the POVs too many switches, too little time to get attached to any character Very often I found myself c...So painful, oh so very painful.This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here Oh my god So I got this book the first day it became available at the book store yesterday , and I couldn t wait to read it So I did And it was AMAZING Ellen Hopkins does it again in this beautifully written novel told in verse titled Tricks It is about five teenagers who each come from different backgrounds, some in the upper class, some in the lower class Three girls, two boys Four are straight, one is gay But they all have one thing in common they are all searching for acceptance, Oh my god So I got this book the first day it became available at the book store yesterday , and I couldn t wait to read it So I did And it was AMAZING Ellen Hopkins does it again in this beautifully written novel told in verse titled ...Wow I m not sure whether it s Hopkins writing style or subject matter that shakes you to your core, or both, but either way, it s nothing short of spectacular and I know that days from now, I will still be thinking about this book Well, perhaps haunted would be a better term.By the title alone, you can deduce what awaits these characters, a life of teen prostitution, but what you will not expect is the events and choices that will lead them there It s enlightening and heartbreaking, it will m Wow I m not sure whether it s Hopkins writing style or subject matter that shakes you to your core, or both, but either way, it s nothing short of spectacular and I know that days from now, I will still be thinking about this book Well, perhaps haunted would be a better term.By the title alone, you can deduce what awaits these characters, a life of teen prostitution, but what you will not expect is the events and choices that will lead them there It s enlightening and heartbreaking, it will make you cringe and it will make you cry, it will probably even make you thank your blessed stars that you were lucky enough not to suffer from the same fate, and wonder if you could have these characters brand of courage and determination It is nothing short of amazing to see how something as simple as choosing to love someone can alter your life so c...Maybe I ve just overdosed on Ellen Hopkins again , but the overwhelming emotion this book left me with was relief Relief that this book was done, relief that there wasn t another of her books in my stack at home That makes it sound like I hated this book, and I didn t Maybe I m just emotionally exhausted by her writing, which...That s what he saidFollow me, and find The meaning of loveIn my bed I followed, Found sheets coldAs death Neither of usCould warm them,Not me, notHim Not a maelstrom Of body heat so intense It felt like fever AfterWe slept, chilled He tossedAnd turned, lost In some obnoxious Dream And when we Woke, he ordered meAway trigger warning for rape, depression.Tricks is, in true Ellen Hopkins fashion, a tough book to read It follows five young teenagers as they explore sex for the first time a That s what he saidFollow me, and find The meaning of loveIn my bed I followed, Found sheets coldAs death Neither of usCo...Tricks was my first Ellen Hopkins book and I have to admit that I underestimated her Not many books have the ability to make me feel as much as Tricks did This will probably be the hardest review I ve ever written, because I don t think I can properly find the words to explain my feelings for this book I m in awe.In Tricks, there were five main characters whose perspective we read from three girls and two guys Each character was so different, particularly in who they were and how they foun Tricks was my first Ellen Hopkins book and I have to admit that I underestimated her Not many books have the ability to make me feel as much as Tricks did This will probably be the hardest review I ve ever written, because I don t think I can properly find the words to explain my feelings for this book I m in awe.In Tricks, there were five main characters whose perspective we read from three girls and two guys Each character was so different, particularly in who they were and how they found themselves where they did, yet by the end they all seem connected somehow I cannot possibly begin to relate to what they experienced, but I recognised just how real the characters were Through the beautiful verse, they came to life and I understood themwith each poem I read Despite each of their chapters being so short, I never failed to remember who was who and what had just happened to them It was such an effective way to tell the story, the verse being farpoignant than a n...Did a reread of this book this year, and my thoughts are pretty much the same from the first time that I read this back in 2014.Another profound read from Ellen Hopkins Whether she is telling a true to life story or a fiction each of them always touch me in a very emotional way She writes with such realism that you have no choice but to feel what our characters are feeling, and to experience what they are going through So much emotion comes to the forefront when I read one of her books.In thi Did a reread of this book this year, and my thoughts are pretty much the same from the first time that I read this back in 2014.Another profound read from Ellen Hopkins Whether she is telling a true to life story or a fiction each of them always touch me in a very emotional way She writes with such realism that you have no choice but to feel what our characters are feeling, and to experience what they are going through So much emotion comes to the forefront when I read one of her books.In this story we journey with 5 teenagers, Eden, Seth, Whitney, Ginger, and Cody They have experienced horrendous people, acts, and situations in their lives that I could never even imagine being witness to They each have to struggle through situations and figure out how to climb back out of the abyss where their lives had pushed them So many bad elements surround each of them pushing them to limits unknown.The characters are all so very real in this story that it is hard to choose any ...

• English
• 23 May 2018
Ellen Hopkins
• Hardcover
• 627 pages
• 1416950079
• Ellen Hopkins
• Tricks (Tricks, #1)