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4.42 AVERAGE
4.42 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
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
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
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
Great prequel. I feel Angie Thomas should write a novella #0.5 going between Mav & Lisa's POV.
emotional
inspiring
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
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
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
I enjoyed this, though not quite as much as The Hate U Give or On the Come Up. The second half gave me strong Long Way Down vibes. With both On the Come Up and this, Thomas has proved that she's really great at writing complex protagonists.
challenging
emotional
funny
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
I loved reading this one from the perspective of Maverick Starr's father and his teenage years in the gang, getting a kid and then another kid at 17 trying to provide for them both. I loved this story and how raw and real it was. Maverick was one of my favorite characters in the first book so this one was great to read. I just hope that we at one point get that midquel that tells us what happened when he went to prison when Starr was little.
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
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
This was a really good read and a great follow up to the hate you give. I'm glad she chose to end the universe of garden heights and the Carter family with this story.
We meet maverick as an adult in THUG, but concrete rose is all about maverick and his life as a teenager before THUG. Maverick is a 17 year old African American man trying to navigate life, love, friendship and being a parent to two kids at a young age.
This book talks about the struggles that many young black men go through everyday. It's interesting though to read about these struggles through the POV of maverick. Angie Thomas is a great writer and one thing she does very well is write characters. Her characters feel so real and personal that it's not hard to connect with them and feel empathetic to their situations. This book touches on so many important topics; racism, oppression, poverty, gang involvement and violence.
I was hoping to get a better understanding of what happening between maverick and king that sent him to jail so that was a bit disappointing, however the story still stands on it's one without that ending so it's still a great read.
Its important to have stories like this told as they are very relevant to what is happening in the world today. These issues need to be talked about and having stories coming from amazing writers like angie Thomas and Nic stone, they are giving this community a voice and getting people talking about the issues. It also opens up people's worldview and allows us to see a glimpse of what others go through that is different than our own.
Great read, highly reccomend reading both THUG and concrete rose! I listened to concrete rose as an audiobook and I really enjoyed the narrator I thought he really gave life to mavericks character.
We meet maverick as an adult in THUG, but concrete rose is all about maverick and his life as a teenager before THUG. Maverick is a 17 year old African American man trying to navigate life, love, friendship and being a parent to two kids at a young age.
This book talks about the struggles that many young black men go through everyday. It's interesting though to read about these struggles through the POV of maverick. Angie Thomas is a great writer and one thing she does very well is write characters. Her characters feel so real and personal that it's not hard to connect with them and feel empathetic to their situations. This book touches on so many important topics; racism, oppression, poverty, gang involvement and violence.
I was hoping to get a better understanding of what happening between maverick and king that sent him to jail so that was a bit disappointing, however the story still stands on it's one without that ending so it's still a great read.
Its important to have stories like this told as they are very relevant to what is happening in the world today. These issues need to be talked about and having stories coming from amazing writers like angie Thomas and Nic stone, they are giving this community a voice and getting people talking about the issues. It also opens up people's worldview and allows us to see a glimpse of what others go through that is different than our own.
Great read, highly reccomend reading both THUG and concrete rose! I listened to concrete rose as an audiobook and I really enjoyed the narrator I thought he really gave life to mavericks character.