Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

289 reviews

emma_b_rhodes's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.25

Been so long since I've read YA and wow i love teen girls!! Wish there were books like this when I was a teen (maybe there were and I just wasnt reading them).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Classism, Police brutality, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, and Racism

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Violence, Drug use, and Physical abuse

hairynigga365's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful informative inspiring mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.75

I like the N!ggas and I touch little kids under 9 😍🙈💀💀🗿🗣🖤✨🤡💩💨💦🖕🗣🗣🍌🍉🍑🍆🍒💫💢

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Body shaming, Death, Mass/school shootings, Police brutality, Torture, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Genocide, Pregnancy, Racism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, Cancer, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Slavery, Physical abuse, Bullying, Car accident, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicide, Homophobia, Incest, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Stalking, Violence, Pedophilia, Self harm, Terminal illness, War, Vomit, and Antisemitism

Moderate: War

Minor: Antisemitism

They get butt naked

cleches's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Police brutality

lieblingslibri's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective tense 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

3.75

Von klein auf prägt Starrs Vater ihr ein, wie sie sich im Notfall verhalten soll, wie sie aus dieser gefährlichen Situation rauskommt, wie sie diese lebendig übersteht. Die Situation? Der Moment, wenn sie von der Polizei aufgehalten werden sollte. Denn Starr ist schwarz, lebt im fiktiven Garden Heights, einem US-amerikanischen Armenviertel. Und Polizeigewalt gegen Schwarze ist eine der realsten Gefahren überhaupt für sie, für ihre Familie, für ihre Nachbarn. Die 16-jährige Starr hält die Warnungen ihres Vaters für etwas übertrieben, aber zugleich ist ihr bewusst, wie wichtig es ist, sich im Fall der Fälle richtig zu verhalten. Besser kein Risiko eingehen. Denn wenn sogar ihr Vater, ehemaliges Mitglied der King Lords Gang, Angst vor Polizisten hat, dürfte wohl echt was dran sein. Und die Warnungen ihres Vaters sind mehr als gerechtfertigt, das muss sie erkennen, als ihr bester Freund vor ihren Augen bei einer Verkehrskontrolle von einem Polizisten erschossen wird. Weil er nach einer Haarbürste gegriffen hatte. Einer verdammten Haarbürste. Und da steigt Wut in Starr auf, in den Bewohner von Garden Heights. Diese Ungerechtigkeit können sie nicht länger einfach so akzeptieren...

'The Hate U Give' von Angie Thomas ist ein Jugendroman, der 2017 erschienen ist, in einem Jahr, in dem in den USA über zweihundert Schwarze durch Schüsse von Polizisten zu Tode kamen, bei Verkehrskontrollen, Einkäufen im Supermarkt, Spaziergängen durch die eigene Nachbarschaft. Diese gleichwohl schwere wie aktuelle Problematik greift Thomas in ihrem Roman auf und schafft so eine Geschichte, die sich schnell weglesen lässt, die umkompliziert strukturelle Probleme beleuchtet und insgesamt spannend zu lesen ist. Es ist und bleibt aber ein Jugendroman, doch genau das macht es irgendwie leichter, sich mit dieser unfassbar aufwühlenden, wütend machenden Thematik des strukturellen Rassismus zu beschäftigen.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Murder

jayden_chancery's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense fast-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: Murder, Police brutality, Blood, Child death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Racism, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Vomit, Physical abuse, and Racial slurs

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, and Bullying

dragon_s_hoard's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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: Hate crime, Blood, Murder, Gun violence, Domestic abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Grief, Violence, Cursing, Child death, Toxic friendship, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Drug abuse, Terminal illness, Racial slurs, Abandonment, Addiction, Classism, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Cultural appropriation, and Colonisation

pacifickat's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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? No

4.75

The audio version of this book narrated by Bahni Turpin is masterful. I only wish I had read it sooner.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Physical abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Racism, Toxic relationship, Classism, Child abuse, Blood, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Murder, Hate crime, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content

Minor: Confinement and Alcoholism

PTSD, guilt, shame, fear, gang violence, threats of violence

bzliz'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? Yes

4.75

As long as people are getting killed by police, this book will remain relevant. Eventually some references will become dated but I hope future audiences will still see value in reading this. Bahni Turpin’s narration was phenomenal. She set the standard for what audiobooks should be. 

Starr and her family are beautifully rich characters. There’s so much complexity to each of them (Sekani less so but he gets a pass for being the youngest) and I think it’s a great credit to Angie Thomas that she was able to make all of them so flawed and real and show their individual growth during an immensely stressful time in their lives. 

The only reason this isn’t a five star read for me is that some of the Williamson scenes felt heavy handed and clunky. Hailey’s awful behavior was somehow too much and not enough at the same time. There was so much going on with everything that there was bound to be a low point. Some points are earned back for when Starr punches her in the face though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Racism, Murder, and Police brutality

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Racial slurs

Note about the use of racial slurs: I’ve tagged this because they are present however they are only said by POC, most notably during segments of song lyrics.

zgreyz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Racism, and Police brutality

trashgobby's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Grief, Murder, Gun violence, Hate crime, and Police brutality

Moderate: Body shaming, Blood, Bullying, Cursing, Child death, Cultural appropriation, Sexism, Misogyny, Classism, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Drug use, Alcohol, Toxic friendship, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Violence, Domestic abuse, Religious bigotry, and Emotional abuse