The Hate U Give
Book Review
Tiffany Tyler
Review
About the book.
Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between
two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she
lives and the fancy suburban prep school she
attends. 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. Khalil was
unarmed.
Soon afterward, Khalil’s death is a national
headline. Some are calling him a thug, maybe
even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Starr’s
best friend at school suggests he may have
had it coming. When it becomes clear the
police have little interest in investigating the
incident, protesters take to the streets and
Starr’s neighborhood becomes a war zone.
What everyone wants to know is: What really
went down that night? And the only person
alive who can answer that is Starr.
But what Starr does—or does not—say could
destroy her community. It could also endanger
her life.
Here’s my review:
Wow, what a timely read!!! At this moment I
can’t even adequately put into words how I feel
about this book. I experienced anger, sadness,
understanding, empathy, and so many other
things. There’s no way it should have taken me
a week to finish this book, but sometimes life
gets in the way.
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