Reviews tagging 'Mass/school shootings'

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

8 reviews

anamustacho's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

I love Star's parents.

There is so much I love about this book. The ddiversity. The humor. The sad parts tha make you reflect. How it made mee feel heard and understood as someone from.an immigrant family and interracial parents.

The injustice. The justic and power of people, community.

Tbh I find this book very fitting for catholics. Naastenliefde. Forgiveness. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and War

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

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

skeptic_hecate's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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

I lovbed this book. The main character is stron, intelligent and going through so much pain and confusion. Ir was very well written, the main characters are fleshed out and seem very realistic. The conflict is real and still very much relevant to this day. It really shows the realities of a community, a culture and the love that exists among the family and found family. I loved the depiction of the characters, as they were realistic for their age and situation. The onlu minor complaint that I have is that the ending is a bit unrealistic. But, other than that, highly recommended. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Racism, Violence, and Mass/school shootings

sophie_ellis's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring sad tense slow-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

5.0

Such a great book i really loved it. There were a few Pg-13 scenes but i definataly reccomend this book. Even if you dont want to read about black lives matter its still a great book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

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

gamora_zen1's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Blood, Police brutality, and Grief

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

zoe_archambault's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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? No

3.5

Overall I really enjoyed this book, it had me in tears more than once. I think the YA and teenage point of view was kind of cringey at times and hard to get through.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Mass/school shootings

Minor: Cancer