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

Angie Thomas

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Apr 12, 2017 Tiara rated it it was amazing

My heart my heart ❤️

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Mar 15, 2018 Meredith rated it did not like it

Shelves: read-as-of-2018, for-school

It's very realistic of what's already in the media but written on a far more personal level. Not my type of book though. ...more

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Jan 26, 2020 The Tempest rated it it was amazing

Black person. White officer. Shoot first. Media frenzy. Racial tension. No justice.

Many of us are on the outside looking in, yet we fight. We stand in solidarity and protest. We tweet and post and write letters and articles.

“People like us in situations like this become hashtags, but they rarely get justice. I think we all wait for that one time though, that one time when it ends right,” wrote Thomas (p. 61).

However, true to reality, Khalil didn’t get justice either.

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Oct 26, 2017 Fatima Moosa rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I didn't get an chance to review this book because I needed to process all my feelings about it. Highly recommend it firstly. The most brilliant book of 2017. And I can't wait for Angie's next book. So about the book: I loved it! All of the important issues it tackled like Black Lives Matter, wokeness, allyship, inter racial relationship. It was fantastic. Starr was the best protagonist but all of the other characters made the book as well. Seven had to be one of my favorites. Again highly highl ...more

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