Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

124 reviews

coolcloe's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, and Gaslighting

aely's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Classism

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Vomit, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical content, and Alcohol

te_ss_i's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad 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: Domestic abuse, Racism, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gun violence, and Toxic friendship

leweylibrary's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? No

4.75

I'll get the deduction out of the way first, I'm not normally someone to hate on HP references (I used to be the opposite), but there really were just too many in this book.

Okay now that aside this book was 🔥🔥🔥 I can absolutely see why it's been banned and challenged so much, and it's absolutely one that NEEDS to be read. I wish I would've read it as a young adult because it would've been wildly eye opening. I also think there are a lot of people who would see themselves in many of the characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Gaslighting

florenceassetto'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

4.25

i won't lie, i HATE reading a digital book so my reading experience was somewhat different than i would have liked it to be but this book is, was, and will continue to be incredibly powerful! i will always always always value an honest depiction of race and what it feels like to be a black girl in a pwi and the plight of starr and khalil is so emotional i just felt so connected to the book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Violence, and Police brutality

Moderate: Blood, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Minor: Vomit

milele23's review against another edition

challenging funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Hate crime, Physical abuse, and Racism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Cursing, Violence, and Toxic friendship

teneke's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Racial slurs, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Classism

makenaseal's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Violence, Police brutality, and Murder

ashley_mrose530's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective 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? Yes

5.0

This book was just phenomenal. I thought the pacing was great and the writing was easy to understand and keep up with. I loved the characters and empathized with Star. I felt like every character was alive and their personalities jumped off the pages and made them real which a lot of books strive to do.
This book made me tear up so many times and it was so hard to keep those tears back while I was at work. I really wish this wasn’t still our current reality but I liked that the book didn’t sugarcoat it and make it seem like everything was going to be fine soon. Instead it left us with a message that everyone needs to continue to work together to change the system and we shouldn’t stop doing the right thing no matter what. We should always be trying to make things better than they were before.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Violence, Police brutality, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

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

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

Minor: Addiction and Cancer