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The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

117 reviews

jenijenocide's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Police brutality, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, and Violence

boringbryan's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

YA is not my jam, but i loved this book. It was entertaining and impactful to me. I see myself in this book as one a background character. The visceral description of the main character's experience has helped me see where I have gaps in my empathy. I'm putting Thomas's other books on my "to-read" list for the next time I take a break from my Sci-fi books.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Gun violence, Racism, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Classism

mysafe_place's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I can definitely say that this book has had an enormous impact on me. It talks about police violence against black people, which I was always aware of and which I always found to be malicious, cruel and simply not acceptable (like any other human being). But I have realised,  thanks to this book, that being aware of it and actually knowing what it is and what it causes is something fundamentally different. 
Losing loved ones, them being killed even though they did nothing wrong, rasicm in all kinds of forms, the stories of black people who have to endure all of that and more, it is simply astonishing how Angie Thomas brought all of that together in one book. It is so informativ yet emotional at the same time and it expands your horizon.
Besides that, Angie Thomas provides us with various different perspectives on this important topic whilst developing these characters in such a good way (especially the main protagonist,  Starr).  I also loved the way that all names had some special meaning behind it. 
All in all a great book about a topic which we have to talk about. I definitely recommend it! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, and Physical abuse

Minor: Bullying and Blood

heathermcc54321's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

I decided to read this one when the local school board took it out of the curriculum. Really powerful stuff.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Classism

lshorner's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

This book was absolutely amazing and so well written. I want to read it over and over again! Sooooooooo good!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, and Stalking

Minor: Physical abuse and Vomit

There is a scene where arson is committed. There are also drug additions and liquor addictions.

sundayfever's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Really excellent. A must read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Racism, Violence, Police brutality, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Physical abuse

aely's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Classism

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Vomit, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical content, and Alcohol

demetrius_bennett's review against another edition

emotional informative tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

sparkling_llama's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Racism, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Drug abuse and Physical abuse

florenceassetto's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

i won't lie, i HATE reading a digital book so my reading experience was somewhat different than i would have liked it to be but this book is, was, and will continue to be incredibly powerful! i will always always always value an honest depiction of race and what it feels like to be a black girl in a pwi and the plight of starr and khalil is so emotional i just felt so connected to the book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Violence, and Police brutality

Moderate: Blood, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Minor: Vomit