Fallout

De: Ellen Hopkins

Narrado por: Candace Thaxton, Rebekkah Ross, Jonathan Todd Ross, Kirby Heyborne

Told in three voices and punctuated by news articles chronicling the family’s story, this “gritty, gripping” (Publishers Weekly) conclusion to the New York Times bestselling Crank novel-in-verse trilogy is a testament to the harsh reality that addiction is never just one person’s problem.

Hunter, Autumn, and Summer—three of Kristina Snow’s five children—live in different homes with different guardians and last names. They share only a predisposition for addiction and a host of troubled feelings toward the mother who barely knows them, a mother who has been riding with the monster, crank, for twenty years.

Hunter is nineteen and angry, getting by in college with a job at a radio station, a girlfriend he loves in the only way he knows how, and the occasional party. He’s struggling to understand why his mother left him, when he unexpectedly meets his rapist father, and things get even more complicated.

Autumn lives with her single aunt and alcoholic grandfather. When her aunt gets married, and the only family she’s ever known crumbles, Autumn’s compulsive habits lead her to drink. And the more bad decisions she makes, the more it becomes apparent there’s more of Kristina in Autumn than she’d like to believe.

Summer doesn’t know about Hunter, Autumn, or their two younger brothers, Donald and David. To her, family is only abuse at the hands of her father’s girlfriends and a slew of foster parents. Doubt and loneliness overwhelm her, and she, too, teeters on the edge of her mother’s notorious legacy.

As each sibling searches for real love and true family, they find themselves pulled toward the one person who links them together—Kristina, Bree, mother, addict. But it is in each other, and in themselves, that they find the trust, the courage, and the hope to break the cycle.

great

love love love the author, the readers, and story all around great book 😍😍😍

Love Ellen Hopkins.

I love Ellen's books, only dinged it for the male narrator. Is he a Robot?

good book

I felt this book was very informative and entertaining, but I also felt like it was a little overly sexual for the age that is typically reading this book.

A New Beginning And A Fitting Conclusion

I had a tough time starting the book and staying invested, mainly due to the perspective shift from Kristina in "Crank" and "Glass", to that of Hunter, Autumn, and Summer. However once the three individual stories got going, they never stopped. Emotional, heartwarming, gut-wrenching, rage inducing, every twist and turn following the characters made it impossible to stop listening.

Ellen Hopkins' writing style, imagery, and emotional depth create a stunning conclusion for readers, while giving Kristina's story a well deserved send off.

All three narrators brought the characters to life. While it took me some time to fully hear their voices as Hunter, Summer, and Autumn instead of as narrators, by the end I couldn't imagine any other voices for these them. They beautifully embodied their characters.

If you're a fan of Ellen Hopkins, "Fallout" is a true must-have!

All three books

I read all three. Crank, Glass and Fallout. To glibly say these books were good would be doing a disservice to the author and those involved in the complete making of this whole story. Whether a reader likes Kristina or not is also irrelevant. I found the books to be real and honest and clear. The power of addiction, the power of love, the power for the need to be loved and the power or lack thereof of self love were expertly portrayed. I would recommend for any teen that is considering Messing with drugs read these books before you take that plunge! I think families dealing with addiction can read these and not feel so alone in the midst of the race for life.
Thank you for sharing your story with your readers.
The narrators were fabulous. Well done from every aspect!