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The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

42 reviews

sarahbliss's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, Police brutality, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Racism

Moderate: Bullying, Addiction, Toxic friendship, Grief, and Domestic abuse

plainpaige's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-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

Just a terrific book, I couldn't put it down. A very accessible read, and good insight to the reasons behind a lot of major societal issues, like police violence against marginalized people, the existence of gangs, the illegal drug trade, and more. Non-Black North Americans of all ages would surely benefit from reading this book, and hopefully grow some empathy and understanding from hearing the viewpoint of people that is underrepresented in the mainstream.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Classism, Death, Police brutality, Murder, Toxic friendship, Grief, Racism, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Child death, Hate crime, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Cursing, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Cultural appropriation

Minor: Child abuse, Sexual content, Alcohol, Blood, Cultural appropriation, Racial slurs, Alcoholism, Violence, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Addiction, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Medical content

jessltrueman's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Bullying, Cultural appropriation, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, and Racism

millies_mini_library's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Deadnaming, Police brutality, Hate crime, Murder, Gun violence, and Racism

sarahkinney's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Hate crime, Violence, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Alcoholism, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Addiction, Alcohol, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Police brutality, and Blood

_anniereads_'s review against another edition

emotional informative reflective 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

The Hate U Give is a story told through the eyes of 16 year old Starr, who experiences police brutality, inequality and racism in various forms throughout the book. After witnessing

the horrible death of her childhood friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer, we follow Starr as she builds up the courage to speak up about what happened and show how Khalil's death

was unfair and the result of a system designed to persecute and oppress people of colour. As she faces racist comments from her closest friends as well as the media manipulating the true story of what happened

the night her friend was killed

,Starr begins to realise that she has to take action to  stop more of these events from occurring in the future.

I loved this book, not only because of how it tackled incredibly important topics such as racism and police brutality, but also because of how real the characters felt and how you began to care for them just as much as Starr did. It also shows the effect of what racism has on Starr and how much it has drastically changed her life and forced her to experience and see terrible things that she didn’t deserve to. Although it is uncomfortable to read at times, it tells you a very honest and meaningful message. It is an extremely relevant and thought provoking book and I would definitely recommend reading it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Police brutality, and Racism

Moderate: Child death and Drug use

Minor: Bullying and Blood

sly_fox's review against another edition

adventurous informative tense medium-paced

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

5.0

The Hate U Give tells the story of Starr Carter, a sixteen-year-old black girl, who attends a party in her neighbourhood, Garden Heights, which is dominated by two rival gangs, the King Lords and the Garden Disciples. Although Starr lives in Garden Heights she goes to a posh school near her uncle Carlos called Williamson prep. During the party, she meets her childhood friend, Khalil Harris. However, a gang shooting interrupts the party and Khalil offers to take Starr home. Shortly afterwards, they are pulled over by a white police officer. Khalil questions the reason for the stop and the officer orders him to get out of the car and to not move. However, Khalil opened the door because he was concerned for Starr. The police officer shoots Khalil and murders him. He did this because he thought that Kahlil was a drug dealer and ‘up to no good’. Starr fears that Khalil will not get the justice he deserves because he was black and the officer was white. At this point Starr is still too scared to even post something about it on social media. At Khalil 's funeral, a lawyer and activist named April Ofrah confirms Starr's concern, announcing that the police would not take legal action against the officer. Starr blames herself for the police's uselessness. Later that week, whilst at home, Starr's dad explains his interpretation of the rapper Tupac’s phrase "Thug Life" which supposedly stands for ‘The Hate U Give Little Infants F*ks everyone’ to Starr. He believes that Thug Life describes a system designed against black societies. It is only by speaking openly that black communities will begin to break the cycle. The book shows how at the beginning Starr is scared to stand up for what is right and is quite shy. However, by the end of the novel she finds herself on television and helping to organise protests for Kahlil, going against the social norms of her neighbourhood.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Hate crime, Racism, Bullying, and Grief

gamora_zen1's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Hate crime, Police brutality, Racism, Child abuse, Grief, and Gun violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Mass/school shootings, Misogyny, Mental illness, Slavery, Toxic friendship, Blood, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Death, Drug abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Hate crime, Racism, Religious bigotry, Addiction, and Panic attacks/disorders

ringamboa's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Body horror, Death, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Drug use, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Police brutality, Racial slurs, and Racism

her_littleclouds's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative 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? Yes

4.5

I had to read this book for school and im so glad I did. It's extremely well written, and i genuinely couldn't stop reading this. Everybody should read this book, no excuses.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Hate crime, Murder, Racism, Death, Grief, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Gun violence, and Gore

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Violence, and Physical abuse

Minor: Drug use, Vomit, Cursing, and Toxic friendship