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Nov 28, 2018cannotbeheard rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This book was fantastic. I watched the movie first because the book has been on hold from the library for so long. This is one of those cases where the movie was amazing too and I strongly recommend it as well. They were different in so many ways that at some points it felt like it was a different story. I would recommend this book to anyone and everyone. It has such important points and helps put things into perspective if you did not grow up in the same situation. I'm not black and I can't pretend to know what it is like to be afraid of cops. I can't pretend to know how it feels to snitch on someone who killed my best friends or how it would feel not to. This book truly helps explain why Black Lives Matter is not saying all lives don't matter. It is saying you can't justify anyone's death. We are all guilty of something but that doesn't mean anyone deserves to be shot, unarmed, and the only "threatening" part about you is the color of your skin. Black lives matter is probably one of the most important movements since I have been alive. I love that in the book, Starr's uncle is a cop and to hear that perspective as well. This book is so well written. I got through it so fast. I couldn't wait to hear more.