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Girl with the Pearl Earring - SPOILER-FREE
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Girl with the Pearl Earring - *SPOILERS*
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What Members Thought
There isn't enough stars available for me to give this book, it it beyond 5 stars. So beyond 5 stars.
The Hate U Give,
is real,
it is truth,
no lies told.
Powerful,
meaningful,
inspiring.
Heartbreaking,
anger/rage inducing.
It is 2018, and it disgusts me that we live in world where this book is life for some, for many. Fucking police brutality, systematic racism has to stop. What makes someone think that their white skin makes them any better then some with brown or black? It doesn't. We live in ...more
The Hate U Give,
is real,
it is truth,
no lies told.
Powerful,
meaningful,
inspiring.
Heartbreaking,
anger/rage inducing.
It is 2018, and it disgusts me that we live in world where this book is life for some, for many. Fucking police brutality, systematic racism has to stop. What makes someone think that their white skin makes them any better then some with brown or black? It doesn't. We live in ...more
I enjoyed this book a lot more than I thought I would. It's the story of a teenage girl who has grown up in and still lives in a poor black neighborhood but now attends a private school where most of her classmates are rich and white. She struggles to balance living in these two very different worlds. In one world her life is full of gang violence and drugs, while in the other world her friends have bedrooms that are bigger than her entire house and are afraid to visit her neighborhood. Then she
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This stays with you. With me. As a person of color, this story is ever relatable; need you and me to speak up; and bravery means we soldier on even when it's scary and frightening...we keep on.
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Thought provoking, emotionally deep, and walking through the deep, dark recesses of my mind. I'll be ruminating on the message for months.
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Feb 28, 2018
Denise
rated it
it was amazing
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review of another edition
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young-adult,
contemporary
Exceptionally well written and impactful; exceeded my very high expectations. Should be required reading. Just read it. It's that good.
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Nov 05, 2017
Michelle
marked it as to-read
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review of another edition
Shelves:
fiction,
young-adult
Jul 07, 2025
Kai Coates
rated it
really liked it
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review of another edition
Shelves:
female-african-american-writers-pro
Jun 14, 2020
Tuck
marked it as to-read
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review of another edition
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