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The topics that are being addressed in this are important and sadly very very real but this was just so TERRIBLY written!! And I don't want to feel forced to love a book just because of it's sensitive/important topic. I want to love a book because it's good.PS: The synopsis basically spoils about 60% of the book?! Why would you do that??
This is just one of those books that makes me so, so glad that young adult lit exists, and that it takes the form that it does.The fact that this story has and will end up in the hands of the exact people who will learn the most from it makes me so happy. This is such a powerful and impactful story, and it's going to do untold good.That's all.Bottom line: Just...good.--------------------pre-reviewi don't know why it took me so long to pick this up but it was wrong and i am sorry.review to come /...
I kept trying to read a chapter at a time over the course of 2 days, but every time I sat down for one chapter I ended up reading five. By day three I just said "screw my responsibilities" and let myself curl up in bed with this beautiful and powerful book. It truly hurts to read because of all the raw issues it explores, but I loved every minute of it. It makes you laugh, it makes you cry, it makes you angry. It makes you FEEL and it makes you think. It gives you everything a great book is supp...
I very much appreciated the message of this book, however it wasn't executed well. I have read other books (ALL AMERICAN BOYS, THE HATE U GIVE) with similar subject matter that just did it better. Yes, I read this book in a day but that was because it was only 210 pages. I struggle with trusting a YA book that's only 210 pages, cause that's short! Like THE GREAT GATSBY short and surprise, I didn't like THE GREAT GATSBY. I felt like there needed to be more. I read in the acknowledgements that Nic...
#BookTubeAthon Day 5, Book 5. Challenge: Let a coin toss decide your first read.[4.5 ⭐️] Wow. I began reading this around 4.30pm and finished it by 7:25pm. I was completely absorbed into the story and it left me in such a haze after I finished it. If you loved The Hate U Give, then you’ll love this. I actually preferred this story and the format is was told in, the writing, the characters, and how the subject matter of the Black Lives Matter movement was spoken about. Just a stunning novel.
For some, it sounds like the kind of dystopian world inspired by The Hunger Games. A dark, dystopian future where young men are gunned down for doing nothing wrong. Imagine trying to live your life with the constant knowledge that you could be murdered for… wearing the wrong clothes… looking “shady”… or having the wrong colour skin. Imagine living this nightmare and STILL being told that it doesn’t happen anymore. That everyone is equal and, actually, YOU are given an advantage by affirmative ac...
Sometimes I stumble onto a story that renders me speechless for days, but then can be summed up in one emphatic word,"YES!" Taking this to "my" students next week and I cannot wait!
”Why try to do right if people will always look at me and assume wrong?”I know that’s quite a provocative quote for the beginning of a review but I decided to pick it because I like how it immediately causes you to think about it! I mean why indeed? If you play by the rules but no one else does, is it even worth to stick to them? Can one person change the prejudices that have been ingrained into society for generations? If others hurt and push you to your limits, should you just take it and let
“You ever consider that maybe you not supposed to 'fit'? People who make history rarely do.”Nic Stone has been on my radar for a long time so I'm glad I finally managed to pick up her bestselling debut novel. I really enjoyed it as it was a super quick read that didn't waste a word. Every page, every chapter grabbed my attention. I thought the characters were well-painted with only a small number of strokes. I couldn't help but feel as if the story was slightly fractured, only showing a few outt...
I loved Dear Martin, a timely book that depressed, infuriated, and devastated me at various parts. Dear Martin is about Justyce, a 17 year old high school senior at a prep school in Atlanta who, over the duration of the story, finds himself treated unfairly in certain situations as a young Black man. The book is unfortunately timely with the social injustices that continues to pervade the U.S. Justyce is aiming for an Ivy League college, balancing school, friendships, including his best friend M...
Such a small book, and yet so impactful.Do you ever just start a book and think ‘Oh you, you’re going to be a favourite’? Because that’s exactly what I felt when I opened this book and read the first chapter. By the second I was crying, and smiling, laughing, and in so much pain.This book is mostly about Justyce, a seventeen-year-old black boy, trying to understand where he stands in his own life, what is opinion on racial inequalities is, what does it mean for him to be black in this white supr...
Impactful. Immersive. Important.There are many different ways in which we learn about the world. One of the most important ways is through personal experience. These experiences help to shape our views, opinions and really who we are as people.As we all know, however, people experience the world differently for a variety of distinct reasons. Unfortunately, one way in which this is true is based upon the color of a person's skin.I know that as a white person, given the innate privileges that come...
