A review by kurucow
On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
5.0
My Notes from reading,
To be disregarded:
Blackathon Team Hatshepsut. Prompt 2: A Black Girl Protagonist who is not afraid to be loud, confrontational, or take up space.
Her father was shot and killed by a gang. (A weak ass rapper made fun of her for this in their rap battle in chapter 3).
Sonny (Malik and Bri's friend) is gay (gets with the Miles the rapper who dissed Bri's father's death at the beginning — Bri gets with Curtis from church <3) and her aunt is lesbian.
Her aunt is a drug dealer. Her mother was formally a drug addict, left her and her brother, then lost them, then recovered and got them back. Now she's lost her job at the church. They don't have gas in the house and won't have enough money for food (they also lose the lights near the end and end up moving in with the grandparents when they can’t make rent). They can't get food stamps because they're (either mom) in college and don't have a job -was let go.
Her brother went to college (for psychology) and is stuck working at a pizza place. He says she has oppositional defiance disorder — she was arrested at school for refusing to let them search her bag… then got in trouble for selling contraband (candy).
… references love Simon book in ch10 (two guys fall in love with a bother over email).
"I jump to conclusions faster than lice jump from white kid's heads (ch11)."
To be disregarded:
Blackathon Team Hatshepsut. Prompt 2: A Black Girl Protagonist who is not afraid to be loud, confrontational, or take up space.
Her father was shot and killed by a gang. (A weak ass rapper made fun of her for this in their rap battle in chapter 3).
Sonny (Malik and Bri's friend) is gay (gets with the Miles the rapper who dissed Bri's father's death at the beginning — Bri gets with Curtis from church <3) and her aunt is lesbian.
Her aunt is a drug dealer. Her mother was formally a drug addict, left her and her brother, then lost them, then recovered and got them back. Now she's lost her job at the church. They don't have gas in the house and won't have enough money for food (they also lose the lights near the end and end up moving in with the grandparents when they can’t make rent). They can't get food stamps because they're (either mom) in college and don't have a job -was let go.
Her brother went to college (for psychology) and is stuck working at a pizza place. He says she has oppositional defiance disorder — she was arrested at school for refusing to let them search her bag… then got in trouble for selling contraband (candy).
… references love Simon book in ch10 (two guys fall in love with a bother over email).
"I jump to conclusions faster than lice jump from white kid's heads (ch11)."