Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

29 reviews

corriejn's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective 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

5.0

Excellent and engaging novel-- handles issues like racism, police violence, poverty, gangs, drugs, incarceration, domestic violence, code switching, microaggressions, and activism as part of a nuanced story with well-developed characters, avoiding falling into cliches or wrapping everything up with a neat bow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Grief, Gun violence, Violence, Racism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Domestic abuse, Addiction, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Classism, and Drug use

Minor: Cancer, Sexual content, Alcohol, Vomit, and Alcoholism

shoshi824's review against another edition

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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Death

Moderate: Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Murder, and Blood

Minor: Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Cancer, and Vomit

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

a_novi's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective 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

4.0

This book is emotional and extremely relevant. As someone who has PTSD and personal trauma regarding violent trauma and police I found this book extremely relatable in many ways. The way the author describes grief and trauma and how flashbacks of traumatic events can sneak into your thoughts during normal life, the way that

the funeral for Khalil and the visions of him bleeding in the street, visions of Natasha’s body dropping after being shot, the nightmares, all of it

is all very accurate and can definitely be very triggering. I recommend this book for people who have trauma with police but please just be aware that it can be very triggering, I also recommend this book for anyone that has trouble understanding why people don’t trust the police, fear them, or even hate them, because this book could be very eye opening for you. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Racism, Vomit, Child death, Cursing, Violence, Domestic abuse, Grief, Murder, Death, Gun violence, Addiction, Classism, Blood, and Hate crime

Moderate: Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Cancer, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

lshorner's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? No

5.0

This book was absolutely amazing and so well written. I want to read it over and over again! Sooooooooo good!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Gore, Child death, Police brutality, Gun violence, Murder, Sexual content, Racial slurs, Grief, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Stalking, and Cancer

Minor: Physical abuse and Vomit

There is a scene where arson is committed. There are also drug additions and liquor addictions.

ejthephoenix's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny 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? It's complicated

5.0

This book is SOOOOOO AMAZING! I've been wanting to read this for a while and finally got to for a school project. This book can be related to and read by people of all types. It uses the N-word a few times as well as some cuss words, but it's not super bad. It's also a super heart-breaking story about a young girl who struggles with the death of her friend, police brutality, gang violence, relationships, and her identity around specific people. She feels like she can't always be her true self around certain people. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Medical content, Police brutality, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Vomit, Domestic abuse, Classism, Toxic friendship, and Cursing

Minor: Cancer, Pregnancy, and Sexual content

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

sstrawberry_fieldss's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Child death, Cursing, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Police brutality, and Grief

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Vomit, Cultural appropriation, Addiction, and Drug use

Minor: Cancer

tristinrose's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Murder, Cursing, Blood, Death, Grief, Addiction, Toxic friendship, and Hate crime

Moderate: Gun violence, Racism, and Racial slurs

Minor: Bullying, Cancer, Vomit, and Fire/Fire injury

rysmi's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Toxic friendship, Cancer, and Vomit