Rating: ★★★★★
Recommend: Yes!
Genres: Young adult, contemporary
Add it to your TBR: Goodreads, Skoob
This is the fastest I have given 5 stars to a book in my life. A few pages in I just knew. This book follows the story of Starr, a 16-year-old black girl raised in a poor and mainly black neighborhood and studying in a overwhelmingly white school in the suburbs. She puts an incredible amount of mental load into belonging to both places, going to the extent of changing her speech and temper to fit in. One night, leaving a party with her friend Khalil, two cops stop the car – and murder Khalil right in front of her eyes. We then follow the struggles as Starr seeks justice for what is clearly a murder the cop should be charged for. This book is fantastic, it made me laugh out loud, bite my fingers and gasp so many times. It makes you angry, frustrated, scared. Oh my god, this was such a powerful story, so real you feel like it could anytime be showed on the news. It grasps perfectly the struggles of black Americans to get justice, the deafness of white people who only look for the reasons why the murder of black people is justified and the hypocrisy of racists. If this books doesn’t make you angry, nothing will.
Every person on Earth should read it, really.
Verdict: Need I say more? Read it now. Trigger warning: this book depicts violence and abusive relationships, and has mention of drug abuse.
I’m glad you liked it ! There is nothing I can’t love in this book , from the amazing story to the fun endearing characters , Starr’s family humour just grew on me
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Yes!! Such a perfect book!
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I’m currently reading this book and yes, I’m only 60 pages into the book, but I swear I heard my heart pounding against my rib cage!! It’s so strong and the writing is so raw… I also ‘feel’ this book is different from any other book that I have read before. I cannot wait how I would feel like when i’ve finished!
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Ohh great that you are reading it too! Yes, this book is so unique and real… I had never read anything quite like it. I am so looking forward to your review! Let’s spread the word about this masterpiece 😀 also, we have such a synchronization in our reads, it’s amazing.
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I know! We’ve just finished the same book (dimple) and I am now reading the book you recently finished… my goodness, really amazing synchronization!
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Quite awesome in my opinion!
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I haven’t read this book yet but I’m definitely going to read it now!
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It’s an awesome one!
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One of my favorites for this year as well.
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I’m glad! 🙂
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