Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

190 reviews

androvoid_ley's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-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

Definitely a must-read. To be honest, I started reading the book some time in 2021 and it kinda put me in a reading slump despite the fact that I loved the book. I picked it back up a few days ago and flew through the last half. 
This book helped me, a white European, understand the struggles of POC in the US a little more. It also gave me hope that things will change and will get better someday. 

Starr's struggles to speak out on certain things, finding the courage and also power in fighting for her people, friends and family, sort of reminds me of myself a few years ago and still a little bit now. When she realized that she cannot change who she is or where she's from but she can change something about how people like her get treated by police and government etc., it made me pretty emotional ngl.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality and Hate crime

Moderate: Death, Racism, Toxic friendship, and Gun violence

Minor: Addiction

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

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

millies_mini_library's review against another edition

hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Deadnaming, Police brutality, Hate crime, Murder, Gun violence, and Racism

charnyreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Domestic abuse, Racism, Violence, and Child abuse

sarahkinney's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Hate crime, Violence, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Alcoholism, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Addiction, Alcohol, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Police brutality, and Blood

d_fine001's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Gun violence, Murder, Death, Hate crime, and Racism

nele_zsl's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

4.5

I thought it to be a little difficult to get into during the first few pages, just because of the obvious references to the time around 2016, but other than that I couldn't put it down. Read it all in one day when I should've been studying for my final instead. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Police brutality, Blood, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Murder, and Cursing

Minor: Drug use

cady_sass's review against another edition

dark 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

There isn’t anything that I can say to do this justice. An absolute must read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Death, Cursing, Murder, Hate crime, Police brutality, Classism, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Vomit, Infidelity, Addiction, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Drug abuse and Drug use

sly_fox's review against another edition

adventurous informative tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

The Hate U Give tells the story of Starr Carter, a sixteen-year-old black girl, who attends a party in her neighbourhood, Garden Heights, which is dominated by two rival gangs, the King Lords and the Garden Disciples. Although Starr lives in Garden Heights she goes to a posh school near her uncle Carlos called Williamson prep. During the party, she meets her childhood friend, Khalil Harris. However, a gang shooting interrupts the party and Khalil offers to take Starr home. Shortly afterwards, they are pulled over by a white police officer. Khalil questions the reason for the stop and the officer orders him to get out of the car and to not move. However, Khalil opened the door because he was concerned for Starr. The police officer shoots Khalil and murders him. He did this because he thought that Kahlil was a drug dealer and ‘up to no good’. Starr fears that Khalil will not get the justice he deserves because he was black and the officer was white. At this point Starr is still too scared to even post something about it on social media. At Khalil 's funeral, a lawyer and activist named April Ofrah confirms Starr's concern, announcing that the police would not take legal action against the officer. Starr blames herself for the police's uselessness. Later that week, whilst at home, Starr's dad explains his interpretation of the rapper Tupac’s phrase "Thug Life" which supposedly stands for ‘The Hate U Give Little Infants F*ks everyone’ to Starr. He believes that Thug Life describes a system designed against black societies. It is only by speaking openly that black communities will begin to break the cycle. The book shows how at the beginning Starr is scared to stand up for what is right and is quite shy. However, by the end of the novel she finds herself on television and helping to organise protests for Kahlil, going against the social norms of her neighbourhood.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Hate crime, Racism, Bullying, and Grief

sarahohara's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, and Drug use