You need to sign in or sign up before continuing.
Take a photo of a barcode or cover
saltsandandink 's review for:
Concrete Rose
by Angie Thomas
4.5 stars. Just slightly below THUG for me, but only slightly.
It took me a minute to get started as I was listening to it, and I’m always a slow starter with audiobooks. But once I got about 30% in, I couldn’t stop. I listened to it while brushing my teeth, driving to work, packing my daughter’s lunch - I listened all. The. Time.
I cried multiple times. I laughed with the characters. My heart ached for their losses. Concrete Rose needed to be told. A story for the black boys in the inner cities who get railroaded into gangs and drug dealing, often told they can’t do anything else. Mav thought that too, but then he believed in himself, and he fought his way out. It might sound corny as hell (as Mav would say) but it’s not. Highly, highly recommend.
It took me a minute to get started as I was listening to it, and I’m always a slow starter with audiobooks. But once I got about 30% in, I couldn’t stop. I listened to it while brushing my teeth, driving to work, packing my daughter’s lunch - I listened all. The. Time.
I cried multiple times. I laughed with the characters. My heart ached for their losses. Concrete Rose needed to be told. A story for the black boys in the inner cities who get railroaded into gangs and drug dealing, often told they can’t do anything else. Mav thought that too, but then he believed in himself, and he fought his way out. It might sound corny as hell (as Mav would say) but it’s not. Highly, highly recommend.