Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

596 reviews

enchantingreads's review against another edition

emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

The Hate U Give, really made me mad, angry, sad, and so many other different emotions. I will never like or understand why Officer One-Fifteen was never charged. He should have been, because he was in no actual danger. Khalil was not even was not even reaching into his door, he was checking to see if Starr was okay.

Officer One-Fifteen shot Khalil 3 times. Then 5e officer turned around and pointed the gun at Starr, until backup arrived and she held her best friend as he died.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

Moderate: Police brutality

silent_mortem's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, and Police brutality

Moderate: Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Grief, and Murder

rageandresist's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.5

I read this book back in my high school years. I was partly away from racism; I was aware and against of it, but I was in such a bliss. This book gave me another outlook -- a radical reform for my horizons as a naive kid (also when I realized how fucked up authorities are #ACAB).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Police brutality

booksnart2023's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

maxdmillian's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gun violence, Racism, Blood, Police brutality, and Grief

snapeygan's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-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

There’s only one mistake I did when I picked up this book: I picked it up at 9pm. I. Couldn’t. Stop. I knew I had to go to bed… but I couldn’t put that book down! And to say it’s been sitting on my shelf for at least two years….

It’s well written, so it’s super easy to read. Reading this story, your heart just breaks for Starr. I loved the characters, and loved to hate some of them. It’s such an important book to read!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Physical abuse, Racism, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic friendship

andrea_mtz27's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, Police brutality, and Murder

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

amyherman's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Vomit

emerentina's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring tense

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Violence, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit

ashleyyy27's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Star Carter goes through traumatic events that lead to the development of who she is as a person. Through the events, she learns what is important to her and that when people love you, you can show them who you really are and they won't run away. This has many political issues in the book and gives a raw perspective on cops shooting black boys and how communities respond to those incidents. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Abandonment, and Classism