She gets into fights and doesn't play nice. She's angry, resentful, impulsive, and outright rude at times. Her story may not make quite the same impact - being largely about hip hop rather than police shootings - but she herself felt like such an authentic teen voice. Bri is much more complex.įor me, though, she was a far more interesting character than Starr. She has very basic easy-to-relate-to relationships with her parents and friends and we are never asked to sympathize with hard-to-like characters. She's a clear victim of a screwed-up system clearly in the right for the whole book. Starr is a much easier character to like. I've already seen some (understandable) comments about how Bri was a tough character to like compared with Starr. Overall, people will probably like this book less than the author's debut. I think, however, it is a book which shows that Thomas is a great writer, not just someone who can ride the wave of an important issue. I was witnessing a person using their art to say loud and clear “ENOUGH.” On the Come Up looks at some of the same things, but it is a different kind of book. Reading THUG, I got the impression that I was experiencing something momentous. How do you follow a book like The Hate U Give? Aunt Pooh said I only get one chance to let everybody and their momma know who I am.
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