A review by raereadssmut
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

"𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩'𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖 𝙫𝙤𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙞𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪'𝙧𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙖 𝙗𝙚 𝙨𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙𝙣'𝙩 𝙗𝙚?"

Wow. This book was absolutely amazing. I don’t think I was emotionally prepared for this book because I started reading it on audio while I was at work and almost started crying 😭 

I have never had a book hit me so hard in my privilege. As a white person, I will NEVER EVER know what it’s like to be black. I will never know what it’s like to be targeted by those with badges who are supposed to protect us. This book might be fiction, but it was very real with what has happened and is happening in our very real world. Doing the right thing will always be worth it, even if it seems like it’s not. 

"𝙎𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙙𝙤 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙜𝙤 𝙬𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙠𝙚𝙮 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙥 𝙙𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩."

“𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑔𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑡.”

-𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑓. 𝑀𝑖𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑒𝑙 𝐾𝑖𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑙

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Murder, Police brutality, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, and Hate crime

Moderate: Racial slurs