History Literature / Impulse

* {{Bi the Way}}: [[spoiler: Tony]]

* RapeAndSwitch: [[spoiler: Tony. His first sexual experience was being raped by his mother's boyfriend at about eight, and she tells him he did it to himself because he's gay. After which he goes to juvie for shooting the guy in the face. He implies that juvie was [[PrisonRape full of fail]]. At some point, he decided he was gay, not seeming to get that being raped is not being loved as all his sexual encounters in his entire life seem to be rape or sexual assault. Also, Tony didn't even think that their was a possibility that he could be attracted to women, much less be [[NoBisexuals bi]]. [[BiTheWay Turns out he is.]]]] At the same time, subverted because [[spoiler: Tony]] is, in fact, told there is absolutely NO SCIENTIFIC PROOF that this trope can even happen by his therapist, and that no one knows what EXACTLY influences sexual preference.

* ForegoneConclusion/LateArrivalSpoiler: Whichever book you end up reading first, you will go into the second with the knowledge that [[spoiler: Conner doesn't make it out of Aspen Springs.]]

Impulse is a [[NarrativePoem verse novel]] by Creator/EllenHopkins, centering around main protagonists Vanessa, Conner and Tony. All three meet at Aspen Springs, a Residential Treatment Center for minors. The whole novel follows their stay at the center for approximately one year, also serving out [[HowWeGotHere flashbacks]] from the perspective of each of the characters to show what led to their suicide attempts, and, ultimately, [[HowWeGotHere how they got there]].

On Jun 6, 2018 an adaptation of the story called ''Series/{{Impulse}}'' was released as a full length series by YouTube Red.

Not related to a DigitalDistribution service known as [[http://www.impulsedriven.com/ Impulse]] that sells videogames, or the Creator/DCComics hero named [[ComicBook/TheFlash Impulse]].

* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: Subverted. [[spoiler: Conner's rape is taken very seriously, and is part of the reason he's at Aspen Springs in the first place. However he seems to view it more as an act of [[RapeIsLove love]]. To which his therapist responds: he was, like, 12.]]

* RapeIsLove: Becomes extremely depressing in [[spoiler: Conner's case. Conner]] is the only one who views it as this. It's strongly implied that he only views it as love because he is so utterly unloved by both of his parents, particularly his mother. Even goes so far as him being [[GreenEyedMonster jealous]] of [[spoiler: his nanny's]] real boyfriend, and attempting a PG {{Murder the Hypotenuse}} by telling said hypotenuse about their [[ThePowerOfLove earth-shattering love]]. It doesn't go so well. Also, he blames himself for her subsequent suicide, even going as far as to say that he killed someone when he finally explains it all.
** Also comes up in ''Perfect'' with [[spoiler: Sean and Cara; Sean views his rape of her as an act of love, despite admitting in the narration that she wanted him to stop and he refused to, and doesn't even understand her calling it rape.]]
* RapeAndSwitch: [[spoiler: Tony. His first sexual experience was being raped by his mother's boyfriend at about eight, and she tells him he did it to himself because he's gay. After which he goes to juvie for shooting the guy in the face. He implies that juvie was [[PrisonRape full of fail]]. At some point, he decided he was gay, not seeming to get that [[RapeIsLove being raped is not being loved]] as all his sexual encounters in his entire life seem to be rape or sexual assault. Also, Tony didn't even think that their was a possibility that he could be attracted to women, much less be [[NoBisexuals bi]]. [[BiTheWay Turns out he is.]]]] At the same time, subverted because [[spoiler: Tony]] is, in fact, told there is absolutely NO SCIENTIFIC PROOF that this trope can even happen by his therapist, and that no one knows what EXACTLY influences sexual preference.

Not related to a DigitalDistribution service known as [[http://www.impulsedriven.com/ Impulse]] that sells videogames, or the Creator/DCComics hero named [[TheFlash Impulse]].

* ForegoneConclusion: In Perfect, we already know that [[spoiler: Conner doesn't make it out of Aspen Springs.]]

* MissingMom: Vanessa's mother. The narration implies that she died some time prior to the story; it later turns out that [[spoiler: she is still alive, but permanently comatose as a result of her suicide attempt.]]

** This is also how [[spoiler: Sean]] views things with [[spoiler: Cara]], although [[spoiler: Cara]] certainly doesn't see it that way.

Not related to a DigitalDistribution service known as [[http://www.impulsedriven.com/ Impulse]] that sells videogames, or the DCComics hero named [[TheFlash Impulse]].

Impulse is a verse novel by Creator/EllenHopkins, centering around main protagonists Vanessa, Conner and Tony. All three meet at Aspen Springs, a Residential Treatment Center for minors. The whole novel follows their stay at the center for approximately one year, also serving out [[HowWeGotHere flashbacks]] from the perspective of each of the characters to show what led to their suicide attempts, and, ultimately, [[HowWeGotHere how they got there]].

Impulse is a verse novel by EllenHopkins, centering around main protagonists Vanessa, Conner and Tony. All three meet at Aspen Springs, a Residential Treatment Center for minors. The whole novel follows their stay at the center for approximately one year, also serving out [[HowWeGotHere flashbacks]] from the perspective of each of the characters to show what led to their suicide attempts, and, ultimately, [[HowWeGotHere how they got there]].