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The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

71 reviews

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

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

Minor: Drug abuse and Drug use

rachel1's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Racism, Blood, and Police brutality

Moderate: Cursing, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, and Vomit

summerif's review against another edition

emotional 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Blood, Police brutality, and Murder

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

Minor: Domestic abuse and Sexual content

laurataylor's review against another edition

challenging reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Vomit, and Police brutality

_fallinglight_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny 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? It's complicated

4.5

Starr Carter is one of the best YA MCs I've ever read. This book's kinda unconventional writing wasn't hitting the spot for me at the start, but once I fully immersed myself in the story, it captivated everything in me. I loved Starr's inner thoughts and how she detailed and reasoned them. I loved her relationship with both her parents but especially with her dad. It's so wholesome! I also really liked how Angie Thomas showed the every day life Starr lives that is full of happy and wholesome and normal moments but also juggles the moments of sadness where they should be and it doesn't end up contrived. As someone who grew up poor and homeless and living in what folks considered “dangerous” or “ghetto” neighborhoods, I related to this so much. White and/or middle class people some(most)times tend to think that we only wallow in despair and bemoan our life and there's no joy or normalcy. And some even think that's how we should behave all the time, lol! But honestly, fcuk them and fcuk that. I hope they read this book and realize how classist and racist that thinking is. I almost broke down reading the ending, though, and seeing all the names of people murdered by cops knowing so many more could be added in future editions of this book. Which is enraging to me that this book is among the most challenged/banned books list bc none of what Angie Thomas wrote was fabricated with ill intent or a smear. I'm a Latine so I wasn't given the talk in the same way Black kids have, but even then, I think most POC minorities grow up fearing cops one way or another. I know I do. I don't feel safe with cops around. I don't like them. They're nothing but glorified security guards who only exist to “protect” assets. And personally, I have been affected in my life by how cops have stereotyped and harassed my own dad. Reading how Starr has to see her dad humiliated and harassed by those cops messed me tf up. And yet, Angie Thomas went out of her way to be conciliatory and wasn't flat out ACABing pigs which is where she kinda lost me bc actually she should've. There are so many great things about this book and it doesn't matter if you're 16 or in your 30s, this book will speak to your soul and open up many things. It's definitely already a classic. The only thing that's like a me problem that made me take out half star in pettiness was the constant HP references. Like some were even funny, I'll admit it as someone who is not a HP fan and barely has a grasp of the story. And this was published in a time when the HP author was still relatively tolerated and still admired bc she hadn't been openly hostile towards trans people, but still, it was very nauseating tbh. I know I'm not one to talk bc I'm always referencing my favorite book series too, and in REAL LIFE, but I feel I have an excuse, mine is kinda obscure so it's more like a signal to see if someone gets it, but with HP what's the point??? Anyway, that's the only annoying thing going on in the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Racism, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Domestic abuse

lacey_wi's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Vomit, and Police brutality

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Cancer, Infidelity, and Panic attacks/disorders

kirsten_marie's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This is one of the essential reads for every teenager (and adult too) in my opinion.

This book shows in a great way how the situation of systematic racism is in many modern communities today, and that the fight for equal rights is still far from over. 

Would recommend for everyone in need of some inpiration to stand up for yourself and others, even though it feels like there is no end to the fight. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Racism, Police brutality, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Vomit, and Toxic friendship

marissasa's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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 is so raw and real, it felt like you were listening to an actual 16-year-old Black girl recount her thoughts and feelings during one of the hardest times in her life to you in person. Angie Thomas did an incredible job developing Starr and the supporting cast of characters, because they all felt layered and complex the way that humans actually are. Everything about Starr from her love of basketball and Fresh Prince to her insecurities about betraying Khalil and her feelings about being split into two versions of herself depending on whether she was in Garden Heights or at Williamson made her believable and real. Watching her struggle and grow throughout the course of the story makes you feel deeply, empathize, and root for her. It doesn't shy away from any of the ugly truths about racism, police brutality, domestic violence, class differences, drugs, gun violence, biased media coverage, or what it means to experience all of it as a young person. I am glad this book exists and that it in itself is emphasizing the importance of one of the major themes: using your voice as a weapon. As the last few pages of the book shows, Starr's voice is the voice of so many Black people both today and throughout history who have watched and suffered the loss of loved ones at the hands of police brutality, and it is one that everyone needs to pay attention to, listen to, amplify, and support. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

maess's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Violence, Vomit, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Classism

iljb111203's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Vomit and Injury/Injury detail