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A review by ceceblue
On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
4.0
I think I’m actually gonna have a controversial opinion and say I liked this better than The Hate U Give. 😳
I’ve seen a lot of reviews already that say people are having a harder time emotionally connecting to Bri than they did Starr and I don’t get that at allllllll. Bri has so much drive, passion, and life. I was immediately drawn into wanting to know her story. Bri is a more complicated protagonist than Starr was. Yes she makes some bad choices. She doesn’t listen to her family, she can be kind of a bad friend. But she tries, and she struggles, and she grows.
She feels like a real, complex person. All the characters do. (Side note but I loveeeee the depiction of Bri’s mom Jay. She needs her own book.)
I wish there were YA books like this when I was a teenager!
I’ve seen a lot of reviews already that say people are having a harder time emotionally connecting to Bri than they did Starr and I don’t get that at allllllll. Bri has so much drive, passion, and life. I was immediately drawn into wanting to know her story. Bri is a more complicated protagonist than Starr was. Yes she makes some bad choices. She doesn’t listen to her family, she can be kind of a bad friend. But she tries, and she struggles, and she grows.
She feels like a real, complex person. All the characters do. (Side note but I loveeeee the depiction of Bri’s mom Jay. She needs her own book.)
I wish there were YA books like this when I was a teenager!