Identical

Karen Chavez :)

Identical

The book Identical by Ellen Hopkins is really intense and hooks the reader. I am currently reading another book of hers and I just love her style of writing ! The way she describes her characters is so vivid and clear. This book made me feel like I was actually present on what and where these things happened. This book made me feel shocked,disgusted,and a whole bunch of other feelings. Her description and story telling of the characters was just so great,I just had to write and compare them.

Well a character that really interested me was Reanne. She is so twisted and messed up in the head. She loves messing with faith and pushing her luck around tough situations. She has nasty and crazy thoughts about guys... She is also a tough chick who will persuade people to do as she says and she isn't afraid to defend herself.
Reanne is like that for a reason. She yearns for her mother's and father's affection. She is jelous of her sister Kaeleigh because her father pays attention to her more, but not in a good way. Even though she has every single material thing necessary and she's spoiled she lives a difficult life. Her dad always gets drunk and does drug abuse. Her mom has no feelings towards them after they had a car accident. Reanne had to witness her sister getting raped and sexually molested ever since they were 9 . Her dad doesn't allow them to eat because she doesn't want them to hit double digit numbers on their jeans. Since she hasn't received much love then she does anything to feel that warmth once again. She does drugs and sometimes sneaks her dad's drugs and alcohol for herself. She is a true bad ass! She is into numerous amount of men and isn't satisfied with just one. She doesn't really believe in love. She has also have had a lot of intercourse with men that aren't good with her. She's a little psycho because she gets real mad and jelous when her dad rapes her sister she wishes it was her instead of Kaelaigh.
She might be crazy or whatever but shes what makes this book so BOMB!!!!!!

This time I'll be talking about her other side ("sister") you'll know what I mean as soon as you read the book.
Well Kaeleigh is the total opposite of Reanne. She is a good girl. She listens to everything her father instructs her because she doesn't want to take any risk getting in trouble.
"He's there,okay daring me not to admit the lie. I know better.Yes, that's right."pg160
This quote shows how her father easily intimidates Kaeleigh and how she knows what her father is capable of doing. She always comes home on time and doesn't dare have a boyfriend or interact with a guy in any form. She always eats healthy so her father won't be disappointed in her. She went to the hospital once because she took a pill overdose and her father was trying to make her shake it off, he told her she's okay and shouldn't complain. Another time he did something mean was when she puked and cut herself he said go clean it up your fine. Kaeleigh was raped by her father and is still being raped that's why she's afraid of men.

As you can see, these characters are so great that when you read this book you can’t let go of it.