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Monday, June 25, 2018

Review: The Hate U Give

Title The Hate U Give
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.

18 comments:

  1. I'm still on the fence about wanting to read this one.

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  2. I've read a lot of good reviews of this book so I'm looking forward to reading it.

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    1. I hope you enjoy it. It didn’t let me down.

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  3. I 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.

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    1. Yeah. I was scared to say much but I liked it so I guess I’m in the clear???

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  4. There'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.

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    1. Yeah, I was hesitating until we decided to read it for book club. Then I sort o lad had to.

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  5. Good to know it was a mostly balanced story concerning bias.

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  6. I also thought she did a good job. Lot's to talk about with this one!

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  7. I've heard great things about this book but I haven't read it yet.

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  8. I 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.

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    1. I was worried about that too. I felt like it was very calmly giving us a look at the “other” side.

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  9. I 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.

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