Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

48 reviews

lolasbooks12's review against another edition

challenging dark informative 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? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

kashrae99's review against another edition

dark emotional informative 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Toxic friendship, and Classism

Minor: Sexual content and Slavery

hairynigga365's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful informative inspiring mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.75

I like the N!ggas and I touch little kids under 9 😍🙈💀💀🗿🗣🖤✨🤡💩💨💦🖕🗣🗣🍌🍉🍑🍆🍒💫💢

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Mass/school shootings, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and War

Moderate: War

Minor: Antisemitism

They get butt naked

jayden_chancery's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Racism, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol

bookdragonkatie's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Gun violence, Racism, Violence, Police brutality, and Grief

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

pacifickat's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

4.75

The audio version of this book narrated by Bahni Turpin is masterful. I only wish I had read it sooner.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Gaslighting

Minor: Alcoholism and Confinement

PTSD, guilt, shame, fear, gang violence, threats of violence

trashgobby's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Police brutality, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Misogyny, Sexism, Blood, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Violence, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

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

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

cdoubet's review against another edition

dark emotional tense 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing, Racial slurs, and Sexual content