Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

6 reviews

oceanbluetay's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Body horror, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Vomit, and Alcohol

_ren's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

The most refreshing writing style I have read in a while.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Child abuse and Abandonment

Minor: Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

ejthephoenix's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative 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

This book is SOOOOOO AMAZING! I've been wanting to read this for a while and finally got to for a school project. This book can be related to and read by people of all types. It uses the N-word a few times as well as some cuss words, but it's not super bad. It's also a super heart-breaking story about a young girl who struggles with the death of her friend, police brutality, gang violence, relationships, and her identity around specific people. She feels like she can't always be her true self around certain people. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Vomit, Toxic friendship, and Classism

Minor: Cancer, Sexual content, and Pregnancy

ringamboa's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

celestialshit's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative sad tense fast-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? No

4.5

i liked this book a lot because its very informative about what goes on in black neighborhoods and black families basically black people in general. i think everyone should read this book if you aren’t triggered by the things mentioned ofc. (especially white people should read it) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, and Grief

treepaperbook's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Emotional, political and radically accessible. The Hate U Give is an essential novel that is living proof of the importance of YA fiction and it’s presence at the forefront of literature amongst other stories that it would be a disservice not to share. 

Angie Thomas crafts an engaging narrative full of strong and complex characters that demand to be heard. I adored this book for so many different reasons (masterful dialogue and stellar character development included) but mostly for its ability to place power and knowledge into the hands of young people. 

This book tackles complex issues of race, identity, responsibility, love and choice with devour-able tenacity. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Racism, Blood, and Police brutality

Moderate: Grief