Oh boy, I have not flown through a book so fast. I would've finished sooner if I hadn't forgotten it at work going into my day off. I adored this book and the strong message behind it. The amazing story that Angie Thomas is able to tell is so real and heartfelt that anyone who reads this will come out thinking like a whole new person, I know I did. Starr Carter grew up in Garden Heights, what most of her friends now would call the ghetto. After her childhood friend is killed in a drive-by shooting, her parents send her and her brothers to a private school where they are one of the only black children there. When Starr and her friend Khalil leave a party and are pulled over by the police, her world gets turned upside down when the officer shoots and kills Khalil. Learning that she can no longer keep her home life and school life separate, Starr slowly becomes an activist against police brutality and testifies before the grand jury. Bringing both her worlds together is hard but something Starr must do to bring Justice to Khalil.
I am so mad at myself that I chose to read this at work for the number of times I had to put it down versus reading at home where I could read non-stop. I just loved how this story flowed and was so real. The fact that she uses Tumblr and Twitter to show how actual young people actually communicate was awesome and her characters are so relatable, I felt like I was there with them the whole time. Please if anyone reads this, GO READ THE HATE U GIVE BY ANGIE THOMAS NOW!
Pros:
Story with a message
Cons:
I. Want. More.
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