Scott reviewed The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
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4 stars
Great characters
Hardcover, 485 pages
English language
Published Aug. 7, 2018 by Balzer + Bray.
The Hate U Give
by Angie Thomas
4 stars
(10 reviews)
SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD STARR CARTER moves between two worlds: the poor black neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends: The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend, Khalil, at the hands of a police officer. Khalil was unarmed.
Soon afterward, Khalil's death is' a national headline. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger, Starr's best friend at school suggests he may have had it coming. When it becomes clear the police have little interest in investigating the incident, protesters take to the streets and Starr's neighborhood becomes a war zone. What everyone wants to know is: What really went down that night? And the only person alive who can answer that is Starr.
But what Starr does—or does not—say could destroy her community. tt could also endanger her life. …
SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD STARR CARTER moves between two worlds: the poor black neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends: The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend, Khalil, at the hands of a police officer. Khalil was unarmed.
Soon afterward, Khalil's death is' a national headline. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger, Starr's best friend at school suggests he may have had it coming. When it becomes clear the police have little interest in investigating the incident, protesters take to the streets and Starr's neighborhood becomes a war zone. What everyone wants to know is: What really went down that night? And the only person alive who can answer that is Starr.
But what Starr does—or does not—say could destroy her community. tt could also endanger her life.
Angie Thomas's searing debut about an ordinary girl in extraordinary circumstances addresses issues of racism and police violence with intelligence, heart, and unflinching honesty. --front flap
Aaron reviewed The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
The Hate U Give
5 stars
Absolutely stunning novel that has lost none of its power or urgency this many years after publication. Thomas has crafted a tale that completely holds the reader's attention, and the characters are fully three-dimensional and still manage to surprise the reader. The main character, Starr, goes through some heart-wrenching and painful experiences, and wanting to know how she would handle all that life was throwing at her kept me turning the pages. She demonstrates incredible bravery, and is open and honest about the code-switching dictated by the different parts of her life. The book is bracing and direct about the impact of police brutality on families, witnesses, and neighborhoods like. An astonishing work; the people trying to ban this book should be ashamed of themselves.
Kadomi reviewed The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Review of 'The Hate U Give' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Absolutely outstanding book.
16-year old Starr Carter is a black teenager who goes to a white school. One night she is witness to a cop killing her friend Khalil for no reason, and this event changes her whole life.
Absolutely engaging cast of characters, told in a gripping way, wish every teenager read this book. Or anyone really.
I don't have the words to praise this book enough.
Theo Schlossnagle reviewed The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Review of 'The Hate U Give' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
The story was excellent and it kept me interested through the end.
I found some of the character development a bit inconsistent. Some characters that I felt played an instrumental part in the life of the main character were a bit underdeveloped.
DigitalRob reviewed The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Review of 'The Hate U Give' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Incredibly powerful book. For me, this book exemplifies the reasons we read literature: to understand each other. It would be difficult for me to get this experience and understanding any other way. People’s lives are stories; to know them is to know their story.
crabbygirl reviewed The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
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2 stars
using the Trayvon Martin case as a template, this is told from the perspective of a girl present at the time of the racially motivated shooting. I did not relate to the writing style and language used by most of the characters but maybe it's best that I think some of them were base, and not deserving of a hero's platform, because that might be the very point: it's still not a valid reason to kill someone.
that said, it's not a good book, yup, it's a bestseller but that's a reaction to the over-the-top brutality and racism of the police force being fictionalized and presented to young readers who NEED to know this sh*t has happened and is happening. it's almost a given that we will care about the issues presented; but a good author makes us care about the characters. isn't that the most important part? the humanizing …
using the Trayvon Martin case as a template, this is told from the perspective of a girl present at the time of the racially motivated shooting. I did not relate to the writing style and language used by most of the characters but maybe it's best that I think some of them were base, and not deserving of a hero's platform, because that might be the very point: it's still not a valid reason to kill someone.
that said, it's not a good book, yup, it's a bestseller but that's a reaction to the over-the-top brutality and racism of the police force being fictionalized and presented to young readers who NEED to know this sh*t has happened and is happening. it's almost a given that we will care about the issues presented; but a good author makes us care about the characters. isn't that the most important part? the humanizing aspect of inhabiting those characters inside a novel? this first time novelist is in for a pile of hurt when her 2nd novel is proclaimed as immature, cliché, and boring.
Radioactivestardust reviewed The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Review of 'The Hate U Give' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
tremendously important book with lots of things to think about
