4.84k reviews for:

Concrete Rose

Angie Thomas

4.42 AVERAGE

juicygreenmom's review

4.0

challenging emotional funny 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: Yes

annelisedreyer's review

4.5

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

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The best prequel I’ve ever read. 

jtryckman's review

5.0

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Good lord this book is amazing.

Honestly, Angie Thomas is just a phenomenal writer. The voice is stellar - at no point do you doubt who is talking, and Maverick Carter has one heck of a voice.

If you've read "The Hate U Give", you absolutely have to read this one.

essies_library's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional funny reflective 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

lokes's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative 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: Complicated

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This was quieter than I expected after reading the other books in this series but it did not stop the story from being very, very real. It follows Maverick in a very personal way, giving insight to all of his complicated and messy feelings about becoming a father and dealing drugs. The moral conflict is the main focus, and the author wrote it beautifully and made sure to take the reader with Mav. While it follows similar themes like the first books, the story is less action packed or with a big impact on many characters or plot lines in the world from the book. It instead focuses on the small(er) obstacles in the lives of a few but brings up bigger problems like police brutality and racism in general. 

In the end it’s a very hopeful and necessary read which is beautifully written. I really enjoyed spending time with Angie Thomas’ characters once more!

turtleduckiess's review against another edition

4.25

funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

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I wish i had read this closer to when i read the rest of the series, it's been years and this was a prequel so i kinda forgot where all these characters ended up in the other books. Overall it was pretty good and the narrator was phenomenal. Highly reccomend the audio book, he was great.

tae_helen03's review

3.5

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

blaisabrina's review

4.0

emotional 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

moniska89's review against another edition

3.25

emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

ms_b_smith's review

4.0

adventurous emotional funny inspiring reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes