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4.3 AVERAGE
4.3 AVERAGE
Angie Thomas did it again. While reaching the pinnacle that “The Hate U Give” should be impossible for anyone, Angie did pull at another strand that we have to untangle as humans in this world to become better, to learn and grow: our assumptions and biases. This is another genius piece of antiracist literature that I will promote!
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
Excellent follow up to The Hate You Give. A fresh story with a difficult decision for a teenager to make. Do you sellout just to make it? The story did take a little while to come into it's own. I could tell the author was trying to make the story unique and not sound the same as her first book. I think it took a minute but these novel managed to stand on it own. Love the story and can't wait to read the rest of her work!
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
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
Audiobook read. Brilliantly narrated.
Read this book largely due to loving The Hate U Give.
Personally, I was mildly disappointed... but ONLY in comparison with The Hate U Give. Compared to anything else, or taken solely on its own merits, On the Come Up is still an excellent read. It somehow doesn’t feel quite as hard hitting - possibly because I “know” the author and am familiar with her style and topic, possibly because it just isn’t. That said, it’s still very real and very relatable and I would absolutely recommend the book.
Personally, I was mildly disappointed... but ONLY in comparison with The Hate U Give. Compared to anything else, or taken solely on its own merits, On the Come Up is still an excellent read. It somehow doesn’t feel quite as hard hitting - possibly because I “know” the author and am familiar with her style and topic, possibly because it just isn’t. That said, it’s still very real and very relatable and I would absolutely recommend the book.
On The Come Up features Bri, a young rapper who wants to make it big, without getting shot like her father, who was a rapper as well. This book addresses how it feels to be labeled and expected to be a certain way. It talks about gangs, poverty, and drugs. Bri’s anger propels her forward as she strives to move past what the world expects from her as a young Black girl in America.
So good on so many levels and way better then I thought it would be.
Again the story says so much more than the words on the page - a triumph
Again the story says so much more than the words on the page - a triumph
Set in the same town as Thomas’s The Hate You Give, this book follows Bri, an aspiring rapper who gets a taste of local fame and tries to get her “come up” to lift herself and her family out of inner city poverty. I can’t wait for my daughter to read this so we can discuss it.
Angie Thomas did it again! This novel was different from THUG; it was overall lighter in nature, but it still had similar themes. This is going to make a fantastic movie. I think the rhymes and raps will be able to stand out more in that form of media. I have a more musically inclined brain, so I was able to really enjoy the lines as is in the novel.