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A review by labunnywtf
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
5.0
Sometimes you can do everything right and things will still go wrong. The key is to never stop doing right.
This is an incredible YA dystopia. Our main character, Starr, lives in a world where people are discriminated against due to their skin color and poverty level. In this world, people can be shot on the street with no repercussions. Not only are people allowed to get away with it, but the young men and women who are killed are then vilified by the upper class, and the news media. When the people of this world protest against their oppressors, military action is taken, including armored tanks to enforce curfew.
What a horrible world that would be to live in. So glad this is dystopia, and definitely not anything actually happening in the world.
This book is amazing. I don't want to admit the number of times I cried. Or how deeply the rage set in.
Even among all the darkness and pain, there is so much light in this book. Starr is an amazing character, and her time with her family is so fun, and lovely. She is a real, fleshed out person. And you're with her through this entire ordeal. You feel what she feels, from pain to rage to light.
I wanted to wrap her in a warm blanket and feed her soup. I love her so much.
This is such an important topic, and Angie Thomas kicks its ass. This needs to be required reading. It's easy. Kids who loved The Hunger Games will be all over this.
This is an incredible YA dystopia. Our main character, Starr, lives in a world where people are discriminated against due to their skin color and poverty level. In this world, people can be shot on the street with no repercussions. Not only are people allowed to get away with it, but the young men and women who are killed are then vilified by the upper class, and the news media. When the people of this world protest against their oppressors, military action is taken, including armored tanks to enforce curfew.
What a horrible world that would be to live in. So glad this is dystopia, and definitely not anything actually happening in the world.
This book is amazing. I don't want to admit the number of times I cried. Or how deeply the rage set in.
Even among all the darkness and pain, there is so much light in this book. Starr is an amazing character, and her time with her family is so fun, and lovely. She is a real, fleshed out person. And you're with her through this entire ordeal. You feel what she feels, from pain to rage to light.
I wanted to wrap her in a warm blanket and feed her soup. I love her so much.
This is such an important topic, and Angie Thomas kicks its ass. This needs to be required reading. It's easy. Kids who loved The Hunger Games will be all over this.