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The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

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unexpectedbookish's review against another edition

4.0

I think it is a pretty nice book which dealt with the very issue we are facing in our society today, racism. This book allow me to explore the nature of racism against the Africans Americans or the blacks in the ‘whites’ predominated states

happylilkt's review against another edition

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3.0

3.5 stars

Very YA vibe, but I liked this a lot more than I thought I would. I would probably only recommend it to older teens + because of all of the profanity.

Contains frequent profanity, some sexual humor, domestic and gang violence.

kat_bookworm's review against another edition

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5.0

As relevant today as it was in 2017 when it was first published, this is a YA novel which everyone should read.

Starr witnesses the murder of her unarmed friend, by a white policeman who denies everything. Backed by her family and supporters, she testifies against the policeman to a high jury and puts her whole family in danger by doing so.

Exploring current issues around race, inter-racial relationships, gangs, drugs, community, gun violence and safety; plus throw in an incredibly supportive family- and you have the makings of an incredible story. Although fictitious, the same storyline can play out across any street at any time.

To realise this was Angie Thomas’s debut, is incredible. I can’t wait to check out other books ahead has written. The audiobook is fantastic too. Highly recommend this book to anyone who is as late to reading it as I was!

jol69's review against another edition

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4.0

Not an easy read. As someone with zero experience of Starr's world I felt that Thomas gave me an insight into some complex issues.

emldavis001's review against another edition

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5.0

I have put off reading this book because A) I didn't want to buy it and B) No library near me had it. Well, finally I found it in a library and checked it out, and boy am I glad that I did. This book was amazing. I felt so many different emotions while reading it an that's what i want in a book. I wanted and still want to watch the movie , but I couldn't until I read the nook. I defiantly recommend this book. It's one of the best that I have read in a while.

heidikundin's review against another edition

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5.0

4.5 stars that definitely deserves to be rounded up! I was worried that this book wouldn't live up to its hype and high ratings, but it absolutely did.

Everything about this book is SO good, but for me, its greatest strength lies in the character development. I loved every single one of the relationships, especially the family relationships between the parents and the siblings, and they were all really relatable despite being incredibly different from my own life. Another reviewer called this "not-so-fictional fiction," and I think that's a perfectly fitting description. The topic of race and the Black Lives Matter movement is always a difficult subject to approach, and Angie Thomas does it brilliantly in a way that immerses you into the situation.

Maybe I'm just being picky, but because the character development was done so well, the only thing that I felt was missing from this novel was a little more Khalil at the beginning. True, we learn a lot about Khalil through Starr and the other characters as the story goes on, but I wish there had been one more chapter at the beginning where the reader gets to know him a bit better on our own before the tragedy occurs.