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songmingi's Reviews (199)
Truthfully I'd give it a 3.5 rating.The artwork was absolutely gorgeous and I actually really liked the colour scheme used. However while it had a really cute storyline it wasn't anything ground-breaking, alot of the themes shown and the plot itself I've seen done before. It was an enjoyable book none the less.
I picked up this book because I thought it storyline seemed unique and different and unlike something I would have read before. However I found this book to be disappointing, while it had one of the most amazing opening scenes and some vivid descriptions, this book was just odd. Like I knew it was going to be strange but it was just odd. I wished the book focused more on dewi ayu and beauty her last daughter and less on her 3 other daughters and the backstories of each of their husbands. Like I understood their relevance to the plot but it was quite irksome every time it cut to the life story of yet ANOTHER character , it took away from the central point in this book. Also there was far too much rape in this book , it was almost trivialized I felt.
Real rating 4.5 ๐
This was a really good read it was evident that the author had an actual understanding of the issues being discussed in a book. Often when books deal with the topic of racism especially when they are topical like The Hate U Give they can miss the mark as they often water down the problem so its easilt digestable. The Hate U Give definetly does not fit into that category. The issues were presented with a brutal honesty and everything in the book I have seen mirrored in real life news reports. I feel like reading this book can give others a really good understanding of the black lives matters movement if they do not do so already. Even if they do it's a great way to see it represented in literature.
However this book humanizes the issue even further Starr is a relatable character even I despite not being the same race as her or suffering from racism in the same way as her could see myself in her. Things feeling you have to be one version of yourself around white people muted turned down and then your true self or well another form of you around your family is really something I understand. Angie Thomas has really written some excellent characters with depth and flaws to each one of them how they react and behave in the novel is highly realistic and i truly understood the choices the characters made.
I only took away 0.5 of a star cos some of the teen speak was a bit .......cringey but not enough to ruin the book.
One of the best books I've read in awhile
This was a really good read it was evident that the author had an actual understanding of the issues being discussed in a book. Often when books deal with the topic of racism especially when they are topical like The Hate U Give they can miss the mark as they often water down the problem so its easilt digestable. The Hate U Give definetly does not fit into that category. The issues were presented with a brutal honesty and everything in the book I have seen mirrored in real life news reports. I feel like reading this book can give others a really good understanding of the black lives matters movement if they do not do so already. Even if they do it's a great way to see it represented in literature.
However this book humanizes the issue even further Starr is a relatable character even I despite not being the same race as her or suffering from racism in the same way as her could see myself in her. Things feeling you have to be one version of yourself around white people muted turned down and then your true self or well another form of you around your family is really something I understand. Angie Thomas has really written some excellent characters with depth and flaws to each one of them how they react and behave in the novel is highly realistic and i truly understood the choices the characters made.
I only took away 0.5 of a star cos some of the teen speak was a bit .......cringey but not enough to ruin the book.
One of the best books I've read in awhile
I like how the plot is getting more serious but still has it's comedic charms
