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CBRBingo – Banned Books. THUG Life = Real life

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

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The fact this is a banned book makes me annoyed. Banning it for language, for violence because you don’t think youth should be exposed to that? Okaaaay. I mean, the world is violent but I am aware and intentional of what media and entertainment I let my kid consume, so fine. But banning it for BEING ANTI-COP??? THAT IS MISSING THE ENTIRE POINT OF THOMAS’ BOOK, and SIDING WITH RACISM. So, when I saw the Banned Book square in CBR Bingo, I knew just what to do. Revisit this book, which was a daunting process because it is hard to […]

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9/28/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:37 |

Absolute perfection

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

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CBR11 Bingo: Own Voices. This is the best book I’ve read all year. And considering that it’s been read by 28 other Cannonballers, that shouldn’t be too surprising. Starr Carter goes to a largely white private school, but lives in the poor, largely black, community of Garden Heights. While at a friend’s party, she runs into childhood friend (and first boyfriend), Khalil. He’s selling drugs now, a fact which disappoints and confuses her because of how drugs have ravaged his mother. The party is broken up by gunfire, and Khalil and Starr escape together. While driving her home, Khalil is […]

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9/8/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:21 |

Can You Follow Your Dreams Without Selling Out?

On the Come Up by Angie Thomas

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I tend to stick to fantasy when it comes to YA, so I wasn’t even aware of The Hate U Give until the controversy two years back involving Handbook for Mortals and its faked sales numbers.  I read and loved The Hate U Give for CBR 10, and as a result, read On the Come Up within weeks of its release. I can’t imagine how difficult it must be to follow up a novel like The Hate U Give, and I know a lot of people loved On the Come Up.  I liked it well enough, but I wasn’t as […]

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9/7/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:67 |

And THAT’S how you pull off a second novel.

On The Come Up by Angie Thomas

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After the disappointment that was Sally Thorne’s 99 Percent Mine, I was really nervous about Angie Thomas’ sophomore offering. Would anything even be able to come close to the wonder that was The Hate U Give? Fortunately, yes. On the Come Up focuses on Bri, the teenage protagonist who is pursuing her dream of becoming a rap star. She is trying to make a name for herself without trading in on the name of her father who was just making a name for himself in the industry when he died. She doesn’t need to worry however, because her talent is […]

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7/11/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:12 |

That’s how it goes though. The drug dealers in my neighborhood aren’t struggling. Everybody else is.

On the Come Up by Angie Thomas

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CBR 11 Bingo – Youths This is the second novel by Angie Thomas, the author of The Hate U Give. I have to imagine even if she keeps writing and publishing novels, it’ll be awhile before she outpaces the magnitude of that first novel. The thing is, I think this one is better for a few reasons. That’s not to say I really had much criticism for the first novel, only that this one is more fully realized and I would argue is more clearly populated by more rounded characters. In addition, this novel takes on issues of respectability politics […]

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7/4/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:384 |

Did Not Heart as Much as The Hate U Give

On the Come Up by Angie Thomas

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Well, though I did enjoy this book, I didn’t love it as much as The Hate U Give. I could not help making comparisons between Starr and Bri (the main character in this one) and also about the story-lines. I think in the end that Bri was more frustrating to me as a reader. She really doesn’t listen to anyone, though in the end that causes her to forge her own path that can lift her family up out of poverty. However, how realistic is it for many teens to go out and become rap superstars? Should that be a […]

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4/7/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:83 |

A completely unsatisfactory review of a good book.

On the Come Up by Angie Thomas

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Contemporary isn’t usually my genre, but this was really well put together. A good follow up to The Hate U Give. This is one of those reviews that makes my review backlog pile up, because I’m having a hard time saying stuff about it. So I’m just going to wing it and live with the fact that my review will not be as good as I want it to be, or say what I want it to say (whatever that is? I don’t even know). I liked this book quite a bit, but not as much as I liked THUG. […]

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3/18/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:27 |

“One song is sometimes all it takes. I’ve got one song.”

On the Come Up by Angie Thomas

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While On the Come Up is far from a Sophomore slump it never reaches the heights Thomas’ breathtakingly haunted debut novel The Hate U Give achieved. We can’t have any power, either. I mean, think about it. All these people I’ve never met have way more control over my life than I’ve ever had. If some Crown hadn’t killed my dad, he’d be a big rap star and money wouldn’t be an issue. If some drug dealer hadn’t sold my mom her first hit, she could’ve gotten her degree already and would have a good job. If that cop hadn’t murdered that boy, people […]

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3/3/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:18 |


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