One of the books I read for first semester is called The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas and is a 473 page novel. In this Young Adult novel, it presents sixteen year old named Starr Carter who considers herself living in two different worlds: Garden Heights, a poor ghetto black neighborhood and Williamson Prep, a suburban prep school she attends. The unsteady balance between the two worlds is broken into pieces when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil, at the hands of a police officer. When Khalil’s death makes national headlines on the news many people, including Starr’s best friends in school accuse him of being a drug dealer and a gangbanger. As protestors fill the streets in Garden Heights, everyone asks the mystery question “What happened that night?” And the only person that has the answer is Starr. But Starr has to be mindul of her actions because it can destroy her the community and could put her life in danger. What I really loved about this book is that it contains very powerful messages. It helped me change the way I look at society today. Despite there being conflict with the law, it also dives deep in the community as well. Another thing I loved about the book is how Starr’s family resembles almost like my family. We’re a close-knit family that overcomes challenges and always have one another’s back.
I've seen this movie and it truly does hit home as this is what we are sadly dealing with in our world. I want to read the book now after reading this.
ReplyDeleteI absolutely agree! It's really sad how much this relates to society today. I encourage you to read the book! The book has a lot of amazing powerful messages behind it that I think you'll really like.
DeleteI have wanted to watch the movie for the longest time; however, now that I saw there's a book, I want to read it first. Your summary makes it appear that it is a must-read, so I will try to read it for this semester. I am a family-oriented person with extremely close relationships with my siblings, so I feel that I will also love this book because of the Starr's commitment to their family.
ReplyDeleteAww thanks Eriell! I highly recommend you read the book and watch the movie. Normally I like to compare and contrast between the two in the end just to see which one is better, but I honestly can't pick one over the other. You will absolutely love both the movie and the book.
DeleteI've read the book and watched the movie. However, I don't think that the movie satisfied the book! The book was just so much better than the movie. Don't get me wrong, it was a good movie. I just think that the book deserved better...
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