Impulse by: Ellen Hopkins
Mackenzie Horton
Over the summer I read the book Impulse by Ellen Hopkins. Impulse is a
thrilling novel that is able to grasp your attention and hold it through out the
book. It is definitely one of my favorite novels along with the Harry Potter
series and The Outsiders.
1.) Impulse is a book about three teenagers, Tony, Vanessa and Conner who
all have very different problems and all manage to connect. The three of them
all tried to commit suicide and in result got sent to a drug center where they
are faced with many challenges and hope to become a better person. In this
novel you get a chance to experience a totally different kind of life and how
bad it can really get for some people. You read about how they strive to
overcome there problems and fears and how they get to where they are now.
2.) In this novel my favorite character is Conner because in the end he really
leaves you thinking. He is the kind of guy who is really buff and very
handsome and looks like he would have the perfect life but on the inside
everything is messed up for him. His mother is insane and his friends are
turning on him and he just can’t take it. So he finds there can only be one
other option….MURDER. But when he missed the heart and hit a bone his
dad thought it would be best for him to go to this drub center. He made so
much effort and went a long way but that made a tragic mistake. Which made
me relies to always think before I act and weigh my options.
3.)This book was interesting because you got to experience a whole other
world. I liked how they continued to strive throughout the book and never
gave up, that is one trait I took out of the book. the books writing style was
written as a poem so it kept me interested because it was something I wasn’t
use to.
4.)“Act on your impulse, swallow the bottle, cut a little deeper, put the gun to
your chest.” I must have read that sentence in the book at least a dozen times
because it was so powerful. In one sentence the author was able to capture all
of the kids problems. How Tony pops pills, how Vanessa cuts herself and
how Conner tried to shot himself. All attempts of murder.
“Sometimes you’re traveling a highway, the only rode you’ve known and
Wham! A semi comes from nowhere and rolls right over you.” That sentence
told me that even if you have a boring life where you relies that you notice
that the only good thing about one day ending is that it will all happen again
tomorrow that surprise could always happen and especially when you don’t
expect it.
This book is a great novel and I would highly recommend it to anyone
fourteen years and older. I look forward to get started on the other books,
Burner, Crank and Glass.
