A review by angelayoung
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad 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

5.0

The Hate U Give was published before George Floyd's murder - the time when I truly woke up to racism and its horrors, its insidiously subtle microaggressions and to becoming an antiracist. But if that hadn't happened I think The Hate U Give would have given me a gigantic push in the antiracism direction. Angie Thomas's honesty about the racism her protagonist, Starr Carter, faces and her struggles to speak the truth about an overtly murderous racist act drew me in and opened my eyes. And the brilliant thing that Thomas does is that Starr is not only a character you immediately sympathise with, but she's also funny. The Hate U Give is classified as YA: i recommend it for anyone.