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On the Come Up
by Angie Thomas
What can I say about this book except that it was an amazing personal story about a girl who just wants to make it in the world of rappers and support her family? Bri acts as a teenager does (stupidly, without thinking--and before you say anything, I am a teenager myself) and makes some big mistakes, but her family's infallible love gets her through the problems that arise.
This is a much more personal story than The Hate U Give, focusing more on one girl than a whole group of people. Although this book doesn't deal with a specific issue (like police brutality and the Black Lives Matter movement), it magnificently covertly (and not-so-covertly) discusses the sexism in the rapping industry, as well as the motivations and success of different rappers. It also talks about the racism that occurs in schools. Big time. I guess you could say that is the "main issue"? Anyway, I can attest to the inadvertent (or maybe not) bias that teachers and administrators have against black students. In my middle school, for example, white kids were never written up. Black kids, on the other hand? All. the. time. I'm glad that this book brought this shit up to the light, just as Angie Thomas did with The Hate U Give.
I actually enjoyed this a lot more than THUG because of the closeness of the story to a character. I also feel like there were many more ups and downs. Additionally, I listened to the audiobook, which I found to be very easy to listen to and I definitely recommend it.
This is a much more personal story than The Hate U Give, focusing more on one girl than a whole group of people. Although this book doesn't deal with a specific issue (like police brutality and the Black Lives Matter movement), it magnificently covertly (and not-so-covertly) discusses the sexism in the rapping industry, as well as the motivations and success of different rappers. It also talks about the racism that occurs in schools. Big time. I guess you could say that is the "main issue"? Anyway, I can attest to the inadvertent (or maybe not) bias that teachers and administrators have against black students. In my middle school, for example, white kids were never written up. Black kids, on the other hand? All. the. time. I'm glad that this book brought this shit up to the light, just as Angie Thomas did with The Hate U Give.
I actually enjoyed this a lot more than THUG because of the closeness of the story to a character. I also feel like there were many more ups and downs. Additionally, I listened to the audiobook, which I found to be very easy to listen to and I definitely recommend it.