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The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

229 reviews

ashley_mrose530's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective 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? Yes

5.0

This book was just phenomenal. I thought the pacing was great and the writing was easy to understand and keep up with. I loved the characters and empathized with Star. I felt like every character was alive and their personalities jumped off the pages and made them real which a lot of books strive to do.
This book made me tear up so many times and it was so hard to keep those tears back while I was at work. I really wish this wasn’t still our current reality but I liked that the book didn’t sugarcoat it and make it seem like everything was going to be fine soon. Instead it left us with a message that everyone needs to continue to work together to change the system and we shouldn’t stop doing the right thing no matter what. We should always be trying to make things better than they were before.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Police brutality, Death, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Addiction

birdie770's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Murder, Toxic friendship, Hate crime, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Racial slurs, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Bullying, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Cancer and Addiction

lolasherwin's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Murder, Police brutality, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, and Physical abuse

cookiecakextravaganza's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring 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

So good I had to give 5.75. Very relatable book. I can relate to Starr the most. A MUST READ NO MATTER WHAT ANYONE SAYS!!!(New favourite book :P) Extremely informative and emotional though. Some hard parts.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Police brutality, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Child abuse and Blood

Minor: Gaslighting and Fire/Fire injury

Khalil's death causes lots of grief. Some violence from King and his gang. Starr almost dies from a fire(not that bad.)

jrd622's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

5.0

 

Wow. This book should be required reading in every high school. Yes, there is quite a bit of profanity, but honestly, its nothing the kids in high school aren't saying themselves. The author did a great job of explaining how the main character code switches depending on which group of friends she's with: either the rich white suburban kids, or her childhood friends back in her gang-run neighborhood. The story centers around an extremely timely topic: police involved shootings of black males, particularly teens. I actually think the author does a good job of having the main character sympathetic to some police officers, such as her uncle, who uphold the badge in a good way, while balancing her anger towards those who abuse their power.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Murder

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Domestic abuse and Drug abuse

paperbackwh0re's review against another edition

• 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

Wow. Just wow. The reason this book has been deemed “banned” is because it tells the truth. It shows in such an amazing way the institutional racism within a police force and they don’t want to you see that so that you’ll keep supporting them. The only reason this isn’t a 5 star read is because I don’t know if I would reread it. Maybe once or twice, but constant rereads are held for my 5 stars. The reason being is this book is heavy but in such an important way. The fact that this came out years before George Floyd and it shows exactly what happened helps show more of the fact of how true this is/can be. It’s a step up for accountability in the police force and shows such a strong familial bond that is SO important to this story and characters. I highly recommend the audiobook as the narrator, Bahni Turpin is phenomenal and gave such power to Starr’s voice. I laughed, gasped, got angry, and cried all throughout this book. Angie Thomas is a phenomenal writer and I can’t wait to read more of her books. Read more banned books to support minority voices. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Child abuse, Police brutality, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse

stacey1234's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Brilliant writing. Tragedy and a search for justice drive the storyline, which artfully details the nuances of institutional racism, adolescence, generational trauma, broken systems, the toll of code-switching, inter-personal racism, healthy and unhealthy family relationships, addiction, abuse, gangs, and more. The stories of the various, sometimes unexpected, ways people are trying to make things better for the people around them support and deepen the overall story of one teenage girl's journey through heart-breaking loss and incredibly difficult decisions. Heart-wrenching, thought-provoking, eye-opening, humbling, inspiring, and ultimately hopeful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Domestic abuse, Police brutality, Violence, Sexual content, Child death, Racism, and Death

Moderate: Addiction, Abandonment, and Child abuse

hatama02's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Grief, Hate crime, Violence, and Police brutality

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Hate crime, and Violence

devikapha's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful sad

• 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: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, and Racism

rena_lynn's review against another edition

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Police brutality

Moderate: Domestic abuse