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Ellen Hopkins

Start date: August 30, 2014

Finish date: October 4, 2014

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RUMBLE by ELLEN HOPKINS

#ReadyToRumble | Finish!
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#ReadyToRumble | Up to Page 389
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Sep 26, 2014 Jennifer rated it really liked it

Shelves: library-books, 2014-reads

This is my second Ellen Hopkins book, and I enjoyed it. However I was waiting for the Rumble to happen for so long and it literally didn't happen till like the last 10 pages of the book.

There was definitely some character development I feel like Matt grew as a character but not by a whole lot. I didn't like Matt's parents I feel like they weren't excepting and didn't love their sons like they should've. Matt did a really good job of taking care of himself though.

The writing was different Ellen H ...more

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Sep 15, 2014 Mom2triplets04 rated it really liked it

Shelves: 1-000-book-challenge, written-in-verse

This is my first attempt at reading Ellen Hopkins. She writes in like a poetic form. You have to get used to her style. The book was fast paced and dealt with lots of mature topics like suicide, gay, adultery, and teenage sex.

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Oct 25, 2014 Jazal rated it liked it

I gave this book three stars because I did enjoy reading it, but it was totally different than what I anticipated. I wouldn't read this book a second or third time either. The plot kept me engaged, but I expected more of a resolution. I was hoping for the protagonist, Matt, to wrestle more in his psyche with atheism vs. theism. I was really excited to see Hopkins write a book with a male protagonist who was really relatable. But I had a rough time connecting with Matt at some points in the book. ...more

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Oct 18, 2014 Maxine Gross rated it it was ok

Yeah this book was super disappointed. I really had a hard time appreciating the free verse because it was totally under utilized. I would have rather read this as a normal novel. Also, for a book that is about religion, the ending seemed to make no sense to me and was kind of unexciting, mostly confusing. I did really like the characters of Alex, and sometimes Matt. I would recommend this book only because some of the points about banned books, suicide, and religion are super interesting.

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