Certainly writers for “young adults” don’t write about unicorns and fairies (of course Harry Potter is the exception here), but most don’t write about topics such as meth and pot addictions, underage drinking, teen prostitution, and sexual abuse, as is the case with Identical. It’s the kind of poetry that carries you from page to page in a rather thick novel.Īnother similarity prevalent in all of Ellen Hopkins’s tales (from her stunning debut novel, Crank, to her latest, Tricks) is the darker themes she writes about. It’s the kind of poetry that inspires awe, not confusion. No worries though, alliteration can be cast aside and iambic pentameter forgotten, for this the type of poetry tells a clear and tragic tale from the first person. Identical, like the rest of Ellen Hopkins’s novels, is written in verse, meaning the book lays out the tale in a series of poems. Have words ever leapt off the page to greet you? To hold your hand as you glide happily among its pages, its world? To beckon you closer and whisper in your ear a story that will excite, delight, and astound? It seems inconceivable that in a world where many shy away from literature, a book could be “inviting” or “smooth”.
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