On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
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 […]
On The Come Up by Angie Thomas
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 […]
On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
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 […]
On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
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 […]
On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
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). […]
On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
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 […]
