jr2234 's review for:

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

4.0

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I enjoyed this one a lot. Normally I don’t view a film before reading a book but in this case I did and thought the two complimented each other nicely. This book discusses many important topics and themes: racial inequity, police brutality, unequal access to quality education, etc. It would be a wonderful addition to high school curriculums. The reason I gave the book 4 instead of 5 stars is I felt the writing was needlessly specific about unimportant topics at times so there were moments the plot dragged in my reading experience. Overall, would highly recommend!