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The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

264 reviews

satuhurme's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Violence, Domestic abuse, and Drug abuse

musicmagician823's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Violence, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, and Domestic abuse

steveatwaywords's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.25

So much has been written, and justifiably, about the social, political, and emotional impact of this book, and I can only underscore it. It is, at its front, a work of significance for its moment (and those before and after it), and so it exists and works differently from what we might call traditional literature: it is as much counter-narrative and manifesto as it is a novel.

I'll highlight a few areas which stood out for me, though, on the reading side of the book:

--A protagonist delicately placed between several conflicting ideologies and spaces, young enough to be poorly-equipped to navigate them expertly, yet also young enough to develop genuine agency and righteousness. I love a flawed protagonist who muscles (even stumbles) towards justice.

--Characters who--despite everything they directly witness--defy justice and sensibility for their own ideas of safety and power. Ironically and importantly, a comfortable white girl and an older black gang leader serve equally here.

--Families who define themselves--despite marriages, career, and class differences--by their relationships to one another, and that these bonds make them strong.

--Minor characters who themselves visibly fall into completely different positions of internal conflict from our protagonist and Khalil, who themselves struggle (at times unseen) with the decisions they must make.

Thomas, therefore, has crafted a microbrew of American race politics at a time when it was/is sorely needed. Does it sometimes miss a beat, have a stilted moment, too-handily arrange a scene? Remember what purpose the book serves. For me, the largest criticism I have of this work is hardly its fault: that the story is so "timely" (from tech to vocabulary) that the problems it addresses may tragically outlast its currency. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Murder and Violence

emma_b_rhodes's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad 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

4.25

Been so long since I've read YA and wow i love teen girls!! Wish there were books like this when I was a teen (maybe there were and I just wasnt reading them).

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Violence, Drug use, and Physical abuse

g3mm4's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality

Moderate: Gun violence and Violence

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

jayden_chancery's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Police brutality, Blood, Child death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Racism, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Vomit, Physical abuse, and Racial slurs

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, and Bullying

dragon_s_hoard's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Drug abuse, Terminal illness, Racial slurs, Abandonment, Addiction, Classism, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Cultural appropriation, and Colonisation

kriskelly's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Violence, and Gun violence

Moderate: Drug use and Drug abuse

Minor: Domestic abuse and Physical abuse

bookdragonkatie's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Drug use, Gun violence, Racism, Police brutality, and Grief

Moderate: Physical abuse, Bullying, Addiction, Toxic friendship, Racial slurs, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, and Domestic abuse