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The Hate You Give

Angie Thomas

Start date: November 1, 2024

Finish date: November 30, 2024

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May 29, 2023 Sabrina rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, coming-of-age, first-in-series, young-adult, realistic-fiction, contemporary-fiction, social-commentary, racism, civil-rights, racial-politics

Angie Thomas' The Hate U Give is a must read. Thomas' debut novel gives us a thoughtful look into the systemic racism that plagues our criminal justice system when Starr, the main character, witnesses the murder of her friend Kahlil during what should have been a simple police stop. We follow the aftermath of this terrible incident as Starr struggles to come to term with not just Khalil's death but her own identity as she negotiates two worlds: one of the neighborhood that she lives in that is h ...more

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Jan 18, 2025 Lulu rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: books-read-in-2025, young-adult, general-mainstream

I am probably the last person of the planet to finally get around to reading this, so getting into all the reasons it’s a great, great book isn’t worth anyone’s time. But it is great: I LOVE Starr’s voice, I love how messy and raw parts felt, I love how much Starr and everyone around her authentically felt like teenagers, I loved the family dynamics, I love how well the societal dynamics were drawn, and I love how good Thomas is at making me feel things.

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