This children’s story was hilarious, impactful, and thematically strong! Front of the line for teachers of young children.

Wonderful story written in verse about a high school girl and her struggle with oxycodone. It seemed like a very real story that a teen could go through. Very fast read and well worth it.

this collection of poetry couldn't keep my interest. I was quite bored and I did not like it at all. I was not a fan

Unfortunately I was not able to read this collection as it expired and have not been able to find the book digitally anywhere. But I do really want to read this book of poetry

It has been a while since I've read this, but I vaguely remember feeling like the poems were slightly overdramatic towards the end. Overall, an interesting collection, but not necessarily something I would recommend left, right, and centre.

Its not that this was bad in anyway, i just kinda failed to see the point? Like was i missing some big plot hole in this? Maybe i will have to read it again.

This was an intriguing perspective of how teens accidentally can become addicts, and just how those consequences come about.

Thanks Net Galley for the preview!

I enjoy books in this poetry/verse format but did not know from the description that this book would be this way. I found this very hard to read in an electronic format. Nevertheless, I enjoyed the quick pace of the book. However, I have a lot of problems with the content. I think it does a little too much romanticizing of drug use, stealing and selling drugs and I don't believe this message should be sent out to teens. I didn't like the ending-the vibe of alright you overdosed but everything is okay and you are grounded but you have your phone and can still text your dealer boyfriend. I completely disagree with the message that sends and feel like the book needs a disclaimer or an info paragraph about who to call when you are struggling with addiction or depression and cannot talk to your family. I think this book had an opportunity to turn into a teaching moment at the end and it really fell short.

I received a copy of Little Pills from Net Galley in exchange for an honest review. Because it was an e-pub file the formatting made it really difficult to read! But, overall I think the format told the story of Charlotte Navarro's struggle with addiction in a powerful way. It showed their struggle as they went to write their story. There was times I did struggle to read it, but I am glad I read it!

Little Pills felt like an attempt to recreate what Ellen Hopkins has done successfully so many times. As a big Hopkins fan, I rally wasn't that impressed with this one. It seems to be more juvenile, despite the fact that this book is about a high school girl addicted to Oxy. This was a short, fast read.

Writing the book in verse doesn't add anything and detracts from the book in my opinion. It also misses a lot of the nuance of addiction by being intentionally sparse. I didn't feel like this was a good look at the opioid crises, more like a morality tale about why taking drugs is bad. I didn't find the writing or story compelling.

The poems themselves weren't bad, but reading them on the ereader was really difficult as the format was terrible. The font was crazy small. That is what made reading this very difficult and I ended up giving up after awhile.

Brutal and beautiful. I don't typically enjoy novels in verse, but I liked this one. It manages to tell a full story that would probably sound more generic in a traditional YA style.

I love poetry story telling. If you are a fan of Ellen Hopkins Crank, Pills will have you turning page after page.

The formatting of this book on my kindle was SO bad that I couldn't read it. Gave up after 3 pages. Rubbish.

Little Pills is a story-in-verses that talks about drug addiction. The verses flowed perfectly, and I couldn't stop myself from finishing the book in an hour. It was so good.

I especially loved the ending, since it was so full of hope and it left me with a smile. Nothing can be better than knowing that you'd accompanied a character in their journey towards becoming a better person than they'd been.

In the limited time they got within the verses, the characters all managed to look whole and real, which I really appreciate. It was a joy to read the verses sporting such well crafted characters.

I really liked the way Little Pills picked up the topic of drug addiction in teens and turned it into a story with such a meaningful, not to mention hopeful ending.

Little Pills was insightful, enjoyable and real. And I loved every part of it.

Seventeen-year-old Charlotte Navarro starts taking pills and more pills until her sister hates her, she meets a dangerous boy, and she steals from her Gramma. Will she get help before it's too late for her and her friends?
"Little Pills" tells a provocative story about addiction and how it affects individuals, families and relationships. I read the book in an hour because I couldn't put it down. But it's a tough read. Any book about addiction, particularly with teens, troubles me since addiction has affected numerous loved ones. Plus, the writing doesn't flow sometimes and the story includes unnecessary details in places. However, this book is also an important read since it offers insight into addiction and its effects. For that reason, I can recommend "Little PIlls."

A powerful poetry book, Little Pills by Melody Dodds is the story of seventeen year old Charlotte Navarro, who is struggling in many areas of her life- constantly in detention in school, missing her older brother who is away in the army, fighting with her little sister and wishing her mother did not have to work so many hours to keep body and soul together. The only joys she has in her life are reading, her friend Alexis and her music. When she begins to take some of her grandmother's pain medication to take the edge off, it helps. Life feels like floating on a cloud, and her new boyfriend is only too happy to float along too, but when the pills begin to run out and tempers start to fray, Charlotte is brought back down to earth with a bang when she thinks her little sister's friend has overdosed.
Raw, powerful, emotional , this book had me hooked as easily as Charlotte got hooked on the oxy, I loved it's depiction of how addiction damages not just the addict but also their relationships with family and friends. It may be a short book, but it really says all that is needed. I know a book is something special when it leaves me feeling like the ending of this one did. To say more would be a spoiler, but I am sure that I will not be the only reader hoping against hope that Charlotte makes the right choice.
I read and reviewed an ARC courtesy of NetGalley and the publisher, all opinions are my own.

Charlotte is best friends with Alexis who has a troubled home life with her parents being drunk and arguing while Charlotte doesn't feel like she fits the family where her brother was always in trouble and now in the army. While she relies on the painkillers she started taking to make her feel better. There's also her little sister who's best friend admires Charlotte and looks up to get while her sister feels left out...



All about the danger of painkiller addiction, feeling lonely and lost without family around as well as being written in poetry form, this is a raw depiction of how addiction can start out and grow controlling especially when spurred on by others like Charlotte's boyfriend in the book. It was a gripping quick read and raises great awareness for health both physical and mental and how they can effect you.



Many thanks to the publishers for allowing me to review this book for them!

Let me preface this review by letting you know that the e-ARC copy that I received of this book was in a PDF format that contained odd formatting. Some words had odd symbols or question marks instead of letters meaning I had to guess and stumble my way through some of it.

Little Pills a lyrically told tale of prescription pill abuse and addiction. We follow 17-year-old Charlotte through getting hooked on and addicted to Oxycodone, a highly addictive painkiller. The story is told in verse and because of this and the subject matter, I believe that fans of Ellen Hopkins' work may like this read. While I do love to read this kind of story and format, Little Pills disappointed me...a lot. My ebook was roughly 200 pages. 200 pages of verse is very short meaning this is a FAST read but not in a good way. It's too fast. It's too short. I feel like this story could have benefited from more depth and detail. There is no time to connect and care for Charlotte or her family and friends. When I finished it I was left feeling like this was a short introduction to a book but no? That was the book...all of it. Hello, Ms. Doods? Where is the rest of this book? I want the rest of the story? I want the in-between! I want the details?! Where were they? There is so much potential here but it falls incredibly flat.

I received my e-arc copy of Little Pills by Melody Dodds from the publisher through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Little Pills is on sale April 2, 2019.