People Kill People by Ellen Hopkins

The book People Kill People by Ellen Hopkins follows six young adults and their different lives. The reader gets a deep dive into the characters' different lives with each chapter, as well as a voice, which is “the voice of violence”. In the beginning, a old man, Zane, has become very old, and is worried about the diversity in his neighborhood, and the “punks”. As a safety precaution, he ends up buying a gun, but then he ends up shooting his wife, so he sells it to a young man, who is not revealed. As the story develops, it is illustrated that many of the characters have problems with their lives. The main characters include Rand and Cami, who had teenage pregnancy, Silas and Ashlyn, part of a white supremacist organization called TYN, as well as Daniel, who is scared of attacks that he has experienced because of his race, and Grace, who lost her father in the same road rage accident that left Noel with mental illness and depression. There are many unexpected twists in the book, which are unexpected. The author does a phenomenal job relating the book to real life, as the way that she describes the character’s lives, many people can relate. The characters enjoy going to parties, eating fast food, and spending time with friends. By relating the characters to the reader, the reader can understand the problems of violence and the societal impact of it. By the end of the book, someone out of these six characters ends up dying. This book has left a lasting mark on me, as well as changed my perspectives on many things. I very much enjoyed this book, as it was very informative, and was suspenseful as well. This book is overall one of my favorites, as it deals with many difficult topics, and demonstrates them in an understandable way. The main theme or topic of the book is that it isn’t just guns that kill people, people kill people, and guns just make it easier. Additionally, another main message is that fate is cruel, and as detailed at the end of the book, any of the characters could have died, and it was up to fate’s decision.