By Angie Thomas
Genre YA Contemporary
Format Print
Rating ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Synopsis
When Starr see's her friend get shot by a cop during a routine traffic stop her world begins to unravel. She'll have to learn to be brave and stand up for what she believes and speak out or risk never seeing a change.
First Sentence
I shouldn't have come to this party.
Another book for book club but since I found this one at a thrift store I probably would have read it eventually.
I was really terrified to read this book. I was afraid it was going to be very manipulative and make me feel like crap for being born white and "privileged" (FYI: I just had to look up how to spell privileged. Does that mean I'm not privileged?)
I was relived that Angie Thomas managed to just write a story that was a story. Yes, it was written with an agenda, and yes it was pro-black, anti-white, (a little) but it was handled smoothly.
It showed good and bad black people and good and bad white people and also managed to tell an interesting, albeit longer than necessary, story. I liked it.
I'm still on the fence about wanting to read this one.
ReplyDeleteI’d love to hear what you think.
DeleteI've read a lot of good reviews of this book so I'm looking forward to reading it.
ReplyDeleteI hope you enjoy it. It didn’t let me down.
DeleteI will definitely read this book, but I will not review it, because I have seen backlash against some bloggers regarding their reviews. I am curious about the story, and I heard the audiobook is really great.
ReplyDeleteYeah. I was scared to say much but I liked it so I guess I’m in the clear???
DeleteThere's been so much hype about this book that I've hesitated to read it. And sometimes, when I hear too much about a book, it puts me off wanting to read it at all. So I'm on the fence about this one.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I was hesitating until we decided to read it for book club. Then I sort o lad had to.
DeleteGood to know it was a mostly balanced story concerning bias.
ReplyDeleteI thought so.
DeleteI also thought she did a good job. Lot's to talk about with this one!
ReplyDeleteIt was a great discussion book.
DeleteI've heard great things about this book but I haven't read it yet.
ReplyDeleteIt’s worth the read.
DeleteI have been hesitant to pick this one up, I feel like it will continue feeding into the whole them against us/ us against them mentality but reading your review it makes me more likely to give it a try.
ReplyDeleteI was worried about that too. I felt like it was very calmly giving us a look at the “other” side.
DeleteI was just afraid of the hype with this one. I'm glad to hear you liked it. I would think it would be a pretty good book club pick.
ReplyDeleteIt was a good book club pick.
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