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The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1)

Angie Thomas

Start date: October 1, 2017

Finish date: October 31, 2017

Discussion: Monthly Group Reads

Why we're reading this: October is a free-for-all for books. The voted on book is The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas.
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Oct 29, 2020 Diana rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: real-keepers, ownvoices

Vid review available on January, 13th, 2021 here https://youtu.be/z9Dc3Qppo3o ...more

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Aug 21, 2017 Lisa rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 5-stars, favorites, young-adult-children

This is a book everyone should read. What is it like to grow up in a ghetto, hearing gunshots on a regular basis and watching friends/ loved ones get killed? Anyone who can stand back and judge them before understanding them needs to learn more. This book is an eye opener about what it is like and what the judgments do to the people who are only doing the best they can.

Excellent book and very good characters. It is very real with how people are.

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Jun 20, 2020 Kate rated it really liked it · review of another edition

This is a young adult / teen book written from the perspective of an African American teen girl who witnesses a crime against one of her friends and her entry into the world of activism and all the social nuances of it.

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May 25, 2018 Jehona rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: america-north, tcbc

The writing isn't all that good. It's not bad, but it is pretty simple and straightforward. It relies on the emotions it conveys. And the emotions are very strong in this book. ...more

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Aug 31, 2017 Tania Reads rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites, owned-books

I knew I would like this book. I didn't know I would love it, or that it'd become one of my favorites.

Only the second book this year that I've given a five star rating to, and it is well deserved.

THUG covers so many topics, all of which are given an adequate amount of attention, for a book that's not even 500 pages. And that just illustrates what a great writer Angie Thomas is.

This book is so heartbreaking, and I think the intensity of that heartbreak has a lot to do with the fact that it depict I knew I would like this book. I didn't know I would love it, or that it'd become one of my favorites.

Only the second book this year that I've given a five star rating to, and it is well deserved.

THUG covers so many topics, all of which are given an adequate amount of attention, for a book that's not even 500 pages. And that just illustrates what a great writer Angie Thomas is.

This book is so heartbreaking, and I think the intensity of that heartbreak has a lot to do with the fact that it depicts an all too real experience for many black people in America. But this book is not all tragic. Through out the whole book, there are moments of togetherness - togetherness in friendship, in family, in community. And I think that gives a genuine sense of hope at the end. It is very uplifting and inspiring like that.

The characters were all so distinct without falling into stereotypes, not that I really worry about that kind of thing in an ownvoices book. But there was no character that I didn't like. There were characters in the book who I didn't like as people, but as characters themselves, I thought they were all written very well. Each character had their own specific purpose, their own message to deliver to the reader.

My favorite relationships were probably the whole Carter family. There is so much love and support between Starr's parents, even when they're arguing; and that love and support is of course carried over to their children, and hell, even their friends and neighbors.

Over the course of the book, Starr grows so much as a person without it feeling like she changes into a totally new person like a lot of protagonists in ya books sometimes do. THUG is really good at making it feel like you're learning as Starr herself is learning.

The writing is so straightforward and exceptional. I think that honesty and unafraid quality with which Angie Thomas writes really lends itself well to this type of story. It hits you hard with the difficult and sad stuff but it hits you hard with the good things too. And this book is also just so funny. I had to stop several times when Starr's family would bicker and tease each other because I couldn't stop chuckling to myself.

Everything about this book just felt so authentic and so natural. There's just no way I could have given this anything less than five stars. ...more

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May 11, 2019 Lacie Fitts rated it liked it · review of another edition

I wanted to like this book. I wanted to LOVE this book. I agree with this book on so many levels, but I did not love this book. Disclaimer: it has NOTHING to do with message of the book. I found the writing boring. I could not get into. I found myself having to force myself to read this book, unlike Dear Martin, that I devoured. I give the message five stars, but the writing was seriously a two at best for me. So I averaged them as best I could. Maybe because it was her first novel, maybe her wr ...more

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