The Hate U Give/On the Come Up 4
What components does your book have to make it a page-turner? Or was this book a little slow to get started? Was there a point where you just couldn't put it down? Or did you struggle getting through it? Please provide examples.
I thought the book was a page-turner at the beginning because it was fast-paced and exciting. For example, the book starts with Starr being at a party, when she's never really been to a party before. Towards the middle of the book though, I thought it was harder to stay concentrated because there were points where it was just telling about her daily life and it wasn't as interesting to me. Most of the book, though, was easy to read and quite interesting, like when Starr had to give her statemnet to the grand jury, and when she threw a tear gas bomb at the police.
ReplyDeleteI thought the ending had the more interesting parts as well. The tear gas grenade and the fire at the grocery store were my personal favorite parts.
DeleteThe story started off with a character being killed, which created immediate interest to me. The book kept throwing punches here and there to keep you interested, but there were world building parts where Starr would just tell readers about her past. While those parts could be dull at times, all the parts eventually connected in the end creating a nice finish. My favorite parts were interactions between characters, which felt human and entertaining. My interest in how Garden Heights even survived the gang wars may have kept me going as well.
ReplyDeleteI loved the characters' interactions as well. They were all very well written and some of them got me laughing.
Deletei completely agree. The begining really intrigued me as well.
DeleteI agree. The beginning of the story was very interesting and and also caught my attention right away.
DeleteI agree this book was exciting, especially after Khalil was shot. I also agree the story did end with a nice finish for Starr and her family, even though they were disappointed in the verdict for the police officer. The author did do a great job of writing about the characters and making it very relatable for teens.
DeleteThe first few pages were kinda like what's happening where is this going. Then suddenly it just stabs you in the face, there are gunshots and they're running, then they're in Kahlil's car. Then suddenly he's dead and it never really stops twisting the knife. They're going talk to the police and you think its going to get better but then they come at you from a differnet angle and stab you again. It wasa rollercoaster from start to finish. One thing I thought was really cool was that in the beginning it had gunshots at the party and you don't really know what happened. Then later in the book its revealed what happened at the party. DeVante's brother is the one who got shot and killed at that party. Its kind of an oh my gosh moment. Overall amazing book absolutly loved it.
ReplyDeleteI was also shocked when they revealed it was DeVante's brother who got shot. I think that moment really proved how everyone in the neighborhood was really a community and knew each other with a sort of familial element.
DeleteThis book was definitely a page turner. Right away in the beginning a character died causing a lot of conflict to start. it was a very fast paced book even the begining was fast. A point where i couldnt put it down was the end of the story. There was so much action and so many different things happening i just had to know what happened. An example of one of parts in the end where i couldnt put the book down was when the store was burning down. i was on the edge of me seat reading to find out what was gonna happen. Were they gonna die? Who did it? Why would someone do this?
ReplyDeleteThis book was for sure a page turner. It starts off at the party and starting to talk about how Starr is different at school from when she is in her neighborhood. Then come the gunshots which start the fast pace of the book. As it kept going I could not put it down. I wanted to know what would happen to Starr's relationship with Chris, if the gangs would find out Starr was there when Khalil was shot, and most of all if the police officer would get convicted of killing Khalil. Even the ending was fast paced, such as when Starr speaks at the protest and says what really happened to Khalil. Over all this book was very fast paced and a fantastic, eye opening read.
ReplyDeleteI thought most of the beginning was a page turner for sure when they were at the party and then in the car on the way home. When the cop car pulled over and started getting agressive things started getting very interesting. Once he was shot everything changed. Starr life was compltelty diffrent and it shows how her life contuined on after the fact, which was really interesting how it turned out.
ReplyDeleteI think that this book was a page turner especially with what happened at the party and Khalil being killed. This book was a fast paced book in my opinion because right after one big thing happened another big thing happened like when they were in the store right after getting tear gas thrown at them and then king lit the store on fire. I definitely did not struggle to get through the book it was a very good and eye opening book.
ReplyDeleteOn the Come Up was very fast-paced as well. Angie Thomas really knows how to get a story moving! Both novels were very eye-opening to me and talked about issues not previously discussed in literature, especially literature intended for young adults. Great response!
DeleteI agree right away it got into the point and was full of detail. I think it all started at the party is when the details started to get put in place and began the amazing book. I think that this book is my favorite book we have read so far.
DeleteOn the Come Up was a very fast-paced book. From the first chapter, Bri's career was launched and developed throughout the book. I really enjoyed how unpredictable the plot was. For example, I never knew when Bri and her family would get hurt by rival gangs or the guards at school. On the Come Up was definitely a page-turner because something new was always developing in the plot. I couldn't put the book down when Bri went to the radio station and yelled at the DJ for using her sex against her.
ReplyDeleteIn The Hate U Give, it took a bit for the novel to pick up. However, once Khalil was shot, the book became more exciting and made the reader want to keep reading to see where this story was going to go. From there, the author did an excellent job of keeping the reader on their toes from her relationship with her peers, her family and their support, her courage to speak her truth about Khalil being shot, etc. Definitely kept the reader going throughout.
ReplyDeleteOn The Come Up was fast to start because it quickly took us to Bri's first battle. After that I felt eager to know when her career would take off and how she'd make a name for herself after being known for her deceased dad. Then she faces racism at her school and conflict between her friends.
ReplyDeleteI think this book was a page turner because I don't really get to see what happens to African American people in the real world, I only hear about it and this really educated me and really opened my eyes to how unfair people can be. I think I really wanted to know what was going to happen to the officer that shot Khalil. It definitely started off fast paced right away at the party with the gunshots.
ReplyDeleteIn the first half of chapter one, I wasn't sure what to really expect, but as the book went on it became harder and harder to just put down for the night. This book opened my eyes to what the African American community is going through right now.
ReplyDeleteI thought this book was a huge page turner. It related so much with today's society and what is happening now. It went over real topics and real problems. I think that is was a very easy book to get through because i couldn't put the book down. The question asks if there was a part where i couldn't put the book down but the the whole book was so interesting. Angie Thomas put so much thought into all the character in the book and put so much detail that you felt like you were there with the characters and observing some of the situations. The parts that were the hardest to put the book down was when Natasha got shot in a drive by, at the party when they heard gun shots, and the part that most contributed to the book Khalil's death.
ReplyDeleteI agree! lots of thought and effort was put into this book and it was such an experience reading the book.
DeleteThis book was a page turner because throughout the book your wanting to figure out if Khalils murder officer One-Fifteen gets charged with his death. The point where I couldn't put it down was when the officer killed Khalil.
ReplyDeleteThe part that made this book a page turner is the fact that there were many conflicts in the story such as the police officer and her best friend being racist. Throughout the whole book I was always wondering how everything would turn out
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