![]() Immediately, I felt an attachment to all the characters and I was fully invested in their stories. I’ve never been able to honestly say that I cared what happened to the characters from page one but reading The Hate U Give, I did. The characters are so perfectly developed and real. That alone should tell you the direction this review is going to go, should I somehow manage to find words to describe it. Just… where do I even begin? It’s only been out since 28 February and I’ve already read it twice. What’s the point of having a voice if you’re gonna be silent in those moments you shouldn’t be? We let people say stuff, and they say it so much that it becomes okay to them and normal for us. What everyone wants to know is: what really went down that night? And the only person alive who can answer that is Starr.īut what Starr does-or does not-say could upend her community. Some cops and the local drug lord try to intimidate Starr and her family. Protesters are taking to the streets in Khalil’s name. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Soon afterward, his death is a national headline. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. Soon to be a major motion picture from Fox 2000/Temple Hill Productions. Inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, Angie Thomas’s searing debut about an ordinary girl in extraordinary circumstances addresses issues of racism and police violence with intelligence, heart, and unflinching honesty.
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