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The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

172 reviews

birdie770's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Murder, Toxic friendship, Hate crime, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Racial slurs, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Bullying, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Cancer and Addiction

lennybiird's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Racism, and Violence

Minor: Racial slurs and Xenophobia

lolasherwin's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Murder, Police brutality, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, and Physical abuse

micalyia's review

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

This book made me feel everything. It made me mad, made me laugh and cry and all out sob. 

It was graphic but damn it needed to be. It needed to paint the picture so people could see the the world Black people have to navigate. 

The characters were beautiful, the development was strong and well paced. I loved every second of this story. The character’s growth, the community support, the familial bonds, all 10/10. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Child death, and Grief

gabbyreynolds's review against another edition

emotional inspiring tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Hate crime, Gun violence, Murder, Violence, and Racial slurs

chorglette's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Racism, Police brutality, Gun violence, Grief, Hate crime, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Death, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Physical abuse and Blood

Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Sexual content

jrd622's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

 

Wow. This book should be required reading in every high school. Yes, there is quite a bit of profanity, but honestly, its nothing the kids in high school aren't saying themselves. The author did a great job of explaining how the main character code switches depending on which group of friends she's with: either the rich white suburban kids, or her childhood friends back in her gang-run neighborhood. The story centers around an extremely timely topic: police involved shootings of black males, particularly teens. I actually think the author does a good job of having the main character sympathetic to some police officers, such as her uncle, who uphold the badge in a good way, while balancing her anger towards those who abuse their power.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Murder

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Domestic abuse and Drug abuse

sstrawberry_fieldss's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Child death, Cursing, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Police brutality, and Grief

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Vomit, Cultural appropriation, Addiction, and Drug use

Minor: Cancer

tristinrose's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Murder, Cursing, Blood, Death, Grief, Addiction, Toxic friendship, and Hate crime

Moderate: Gun violence, Racism, and Racial slurs

Minor: Bullying, Cancer, Vomit, and Fire/Fire injury

lisaarnsdorf's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I LOVED this book! I really wanted to read it, and I was also nervous about tackling the content. But once I picked it up, It was obvious that I had no reason to be nervous. Thomas was masterful at telling this story. Yes, it's a tough one and yes it made me think a lot about my own biases. But I was able to consider all of the impacts of Khalil's death through Starr's eyes and walk the journey with her. I didn't have to wear my "parent hat" while reading, thinking about what it would be like to have a child go through this. I could be the child and be solely involved in my own reactions. 

One of the best things this book did for me was to truly reframe all of the deaths at the hands of police and see the LIVES of the Black men and women, not just their deaths. It gave me language for what to say to people who argue that there was some justification for a police killing. 

And there were plenty of things that made me laugh! I loved Thomas's references to Harry Potter. Starr wasn't just a witness to a police shooting, she was also a regular teenager experiencing the ups and downs of friendships, family, love, and life. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Police brutality, Murder, Gun violence, Violence, Racial slurs, and Racism