Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

197 reviews

kowski's review against another edition

emotional inspiring

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

4.0

five stars until it started pulling that anti-rioting and “not all cops” shit

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Police brutality, and Death

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Cursing, Gun violence, Grief, Racism, Drug abuse, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Addiction

nicolesbookreviews's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring tense 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Classism, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, and Drug use

scorpstar77's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Death, Violence, Police brutality, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Racism, and Grief

Moderate: Drug abuse, Classism, and Toxic friendship

amsswim's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad 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? Yes

4.5

 I loved this. Finished in 2 days!

The message and delivery was fantastic. Had me laughing as well as sick to my stomach. Would recommend to anyone looking for a fictional (but still very real) perspective, rather than reading non-fiction. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Racism, and Violence

tspice24's review against another edition

emotional inspiring tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Death, and Police brutality

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, Blood, Cursing, Physical abuse, Racism, and Violence

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

ems_rxlibrary's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Violence, Police brutality, Cursing, Racism, and Death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Infidelity

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

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

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

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

Moderate: Toxic friendship and Blood

Minor: Physical abuse, Vomit, and Addiction