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Perfect: Also ends with Conner's suicide and funeral, but from this perspective, it can seem somewhat more of a Downer Ending.

Impulse: Both Tony and Vanessa resolve to work on their respective issues and also become a couple, right before Conner jumps off a cliff and dies.

Also seemed he was beginning to take this view of himself compared to his sister, too.

Always Second Best: Conner to his twin sister in the eyes of his parents.

Abusive Parents: Vanessa's mother, Tony's mother, both of Conner's parents.It's probably quicker to list the characters who don't have abusive or absent parents.

Impulse and its companion novel Perfect provides examples of: Not related to a Digital Distribution service known as Impulse that sells videogames, or the DC Comics hero named Impulse. It takes place at the same time as Impulse but follows four different characters (including Conner's twin sister, Cara), although the storylines overlap at various points. In 2011, a companion novel entitled Perfect was published. The whole novel follows their stay at the center for approximately one year, also serving out flashbacks from the perspective of each of the characters to show what led to their suicide attempts, and, ultimately, how they got there. All three meet at Aspen Springs, a Residential Treatment Center for minors. Now they have a second chance, and just maybe, with each other's help, they can find their way to a better life-but only if they're strong and can fight the demons that brought them here in the first place.Impulse is a verse novel by Ellen Hopkins, centering around main protagonists Vanessa, Conner and Tony. They grabbed the blade, the bottle, the gun-and tried to end it all. In one instant each of these young people decided enough was enough.

But dig a little deeper and find a boy who is in constant battle with his parents, his life, himself. Tony, after suffering a painful childhood, can only find peace through pills.Īnd Conner, outwardly, has the perfect life. Vanessa is beautiful and smart, but her secrets keep her answering the call of the blade. Three lives, three different paths to the same destination: Aspen Springs, a psychiatric hospital for those who have attempted the ultimate act-suicide.

But if you happen to, you know things will never be the same. From the bestselling author of Crank, the story of three kids whose lives collide at a mental hospital after each attempts suicide.