Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

75 reviews

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

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Addiction

nerdyfantasyreader's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

Wow... this book....
There are no words to describe this book. It is eye opening and I am so glad I read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Police brutality, Gun violence, Cursing, Death, Child death, Hate crime, Child abuse, Blood, Racial slurs, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Abandonment

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

cookiecakextravaganza's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring 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

So good I had to give 5.75. Very relatable book. I can relate to Starr the most. A MUST READ NO MATTER WHAT ANYONE SAYS!!!(New favourite book :P) Extremely informative and emotional though. Some hard parts.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Police brutality, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Child abuse and Blood

Minor: Gaslighting and Fire/Fire injury

Khalil's death causes lots of grief. Some violence from King and his gang. Starr almost dies from a fire(not that bad.)

paperbackwh0re's review against another edition

• 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

Wow. Just wow. The reason this book has been deemed “banned” is because it tells the truth. It shows in such an amazing way the institutional racism within a police force and they don’t want to you see that so that you’ll keep supporting them. The only reason this isn’t a 5 star read is because I don’t know if I would reread it. Maybe once or twice, but constant rereads are held for my 5 stars. The reason being is this book is heavy but in such an important way. The fact that this came out years before George Floyd and it shows exactly what happened helps show more of the fact of how true this is/can be. It’s a step up for accountability in the police force and shows such a strong familial bond that is SO important to this story and characters. I highly recommend the audiobook as the narrator, Bahni Turpin is phenomenal and gave such power to Starr’s voice. I laughed, gasped, got angry, and cried all throughout this book. Angie Thomas is a phenomenal writer and I can’t wait to read more of her books. Read more banned books to support minority voices. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Domestic abuse

stacey1234's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Brilliant writing. Tragedy and a search for justice drive the storyline, which artfully details the nuances of institutional racism, adolescence, generational trauma, broken systems, the toll of code-switching, inter-personal racism, healthy and unhealthy family relationships, addiction, abuse, gangs, and more. The stories of the various, sometimes unexpected, ways people are trying to make things better for the people around them support and deepen the overall story of one teenage girl's journey through heart-breaking loss and incredibly difficult decisions. Heart-wrenching, thought-provoking, eye-opening, humbling, inspiring, and ultimately hopeful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Domestic abuse, Police brutality, Violence, Sexual content, Child death, Racism, and Death

Moderate: Addiction, Abandonment, and Child abuse

bailey63's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective 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: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Grief, and Police brutality

Minor: Cancer, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Domestic abuse, Addiction, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Drug abuse, Classism, Alcohol, and Blood

rachael_knight's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

This book should be required reading literally everywhere

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child abuse, Murder, Racism, Gun violence, Domestic abuse, and Police brutality

jazzsilvestri's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Police brutality

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Child abuse

v4mpstarzz's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

A heartbreaking but incredibly real story. It depicts many of our lived experiences in a way that left me feeling seen and heard. I was definitely left sobbing by the end.

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Physical abuse and Child abuse