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A review by cgj13
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
5.0
What a powerful telling. The narrator, Bahni Turpin put such emotion into the audio, that at times, I jumped from the intensity, or sat stunned from the softness of the hurt and pain.
Angie Thomas wrote a fictional narrative of the all too often tragic news stories of officer involved shootings of young African Americans. With as much realism as you could get, this could, in fact be a true story.
The injustices in society are real, and this story shows many, many of them. Many of them are highlighted in the main character Starr. How she has to talk/act differently around her school friends, vs how she is at home. How she does the right thing, but still gets caught up in the exploitation of the news. How she loses her voice, because she is scared for her own life.
Angie Thomas wrote a fictional narrative of the all too often tragic news stories of officer involved shootings of young African Americans. With as much realism as you could get, this could, in fact be a true story.
The injustices in society are real, and this story shows many, many of them. Many of them are highlighted in the main character Starr. How she has to talk/act differently around her school friends, vs how she is at home. How she does the right thing, but still gets caught up in the exploitation of the news. How she loses her voice, because she is scared for her own life.