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4.42 AVERAGE
4.42 AVERAGE
emotional
hopeful
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
adventurous
dark
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
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
A solid three and a half stars for me, the sense of place and descriptive narrative are what Angie Thomas does best, but for me,
Spoiler
there feels a slight disconnect between the Maverick Carter in Concrete Rose and the Maverick Carter in The Hate U Give. I get there's around seventeen years between the events in this prequel and the events in The Hate U Give, but it's hard to see how the Maverick in Concrete Rose ends up in prison only a few years after Concrete Rose finishes, and there's other things too, like a beloved character in Concrete Rose is mentioned as constantly being someone important to Maverick, yet they get little mention in The Hate U Give. We're told in The Hate U Give that Maverick went to prison for King but Concrete Rose stops short before these events happen. For me it just feels slightly jarring that there are questions that occur in The Hate U Give that are not answered in Concrete Rose. For me the two books don't gel as two books with recurring characters should do
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
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
emotional
hopeful
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
emotional
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:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Grief, Murder
Moderate: Confinement, Drug use, Pregnancy
Minor: Sexual content
adventurous
funny
hopeful
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
CONCRETE ROSES!!!!
emotional
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
challenging
emotional
reflective
fast-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
This was a good book, it made me cry and shake my hair at how stupid the main character is sometimes. The writing was done really well.