Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

210 reviews

gattolinos_nerdy_nook's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

4.0

I had been putting this book off for the longest time. I am not a huge contemporary fan (which is funny because when I do pick I up ones that interest me that are at least 4 stars), and with this being a beloved I was nervous that I would not enjoy it.

I'm glad that I finally did end up reading it. The characters and the challenges that they face had me not wanting to put the book down or stop the audiobook. Whilst contemporary will still not be my go to genre, I really did enjoy this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Hate crime, Racism, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction and Drug abuse

baileyamanono's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Addiction and Blood

storiesbyalexis's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

It was great! The audiobook is very immersive and I really enjoyed this journey of a young teenage Black girl realizing her voice and it’s humanization of Black communities. It definitely challenges the way I think about the place(s) I come from as a Black girl. I also  appreciated having a mostly Black cast of characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Racism, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Blood and Toxic friendship

Minor: Addiction, Physical abuse, and Vomit

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

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

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

triforcefusion's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative 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

4.5

This book was well written and decently paced. I found the author could easily swim in and out of challenging topics and into light-hearted moments with ease. I really appreciated that aspect of the book a lot. I was choked up multiple times, shed tears, and laughed out loud as I experienced the story of Starr Carter and her family. I found that the material was presented in a manner that was very accessible without overly indulging in the violence. I also appreciated the inner monologue of the main character struggling between her two selves in two different cultures. I recommend this book to everyone. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Racism, Blood, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Violence, Police brutality, and Abandonment

Minor: Cancer, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Sexism, and Fire/Fire injury

chattie_the_mad_chatter's review against another edition

challenging 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? No

5.0

This book lives up to it's hype and is such an important read for EVERYONE. The themes of: societal ingrained racism, making a difference in your community, classisim, gang culture, drug use, children acting as carers, conflicting identity, colliding cultures, mixed relationships, as all explored beautifully and some more than others. We see an exploration of bravery and survival strategies that if you are black you relate to and if you are white are eye opening. Within all this we have a positive black family, role models, parenting, healthy relationship, friendships, finding your voice and different ways of affecting change all done in a realistic way full of human understanding. 

You are on Starr's side from the get go as you experience her story. You feel her pain, rage, fear and joy. 
This is a book I will keep re-reading and recommending and I cannot wait to read concrete roses!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Racism, Police brutality, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Grief

Minor: Alcoholism and Drug abuse

joey1914's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

jonesroni638's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Racism, Police brutality, and Grief

Moderate: Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gun violence

afion's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Racism, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Kidnapping, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Infidelity

georgiesutton's review against another edition

4.5

I absolutely raced through this. I laughed and cried, with and for the characters. 
I really believed Starr was a teenager and I found it funny how Tumblr is her world because that was so me. 
This story is about so many real people and anger and pain and suffering. It gives humanity to names on the news because no one deserves to die because of their skin or who they are and what they have done. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Vomit, and Fire/Fire injury