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I was not a fan of the hate u give because I felt it was kind of racist towards white people and the vocabulary was a bit difficult for me since my first language is not english (for example, saying 'thang' instead of 'thing'). Besides that, I thought Starr was a bit childish at times. Do you think I would enjoy this book?
Huda I have read this book I loved it and I read the Hate u Give And I loved it there both very passionate stories with good backgrounds, if you couldn’t h…moreI have read this book I loved it and I read the Hate u Give And I loved it there both very passionate stories with good backgrounds, if you couldn’t handle the Hate U Give then don’t read this book or any book that means you will have to face reality because racism is a thing in our world unfortunately and these things happen and there real and I can tell you as a colored person they happen way to offend, and if you can’t handle that and reading about that then you should pick a different book(less)
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