Concrete Rose Book PDF Free Download

Concrete Rose Book PDF is Angie Thomas’s jaw-dropping second novel about the Black Lives Matter movement. Featuring lush, cinematic prose and a powerful story about three generations of women whose lives are changed by gun violence, Concrete Rose will be the book that everyone is talking about this year. This is the story of Nandi and Jende, survivors who find themselves falling in love as often happens after crisis. But their relationship is forbidden—due to an incident in Jende’s past—and the consequences of their actions reverberate far beyond their intended mark.

A daughter of a murdered uncle. A former drug dealer searching for the truth. A momma who’s lost her son to the streets. And a boy caught in the crossfire―with two fathers on opposite sides of the law. But Dontavius and his friends have made a decision: they’re going to take back their neighbourhood, send their own message, and end the generational cycle of violence that they were born into.

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Book Title: Concrete Rose PDF
Series: The Hate U Give #0
Follewed by: The Hate U Give
Author: Angie Thomas
Published: January 12, 2021
Goodreads Link: Concrete Rose (The Hate U Give, #0) by Angie Thomas (goodreads.com)
ISBN: 9780062846754
Formats: [PDF] [Epub]
No. of pages: 369
Size: 3 MB
Genre: Young Adult, Fiction, Contemporary
Language: English
File Status: Available
Price: $0

Concrete Rose Book PDF Summary

International phenomenon Angie Thomas revisits Garden Heights seventeen years before the events of The Hate U Give in this searing and poignant exploration of Black boyhood and manhood.

If there’s one thing seventeen-year-old Maverick Carter knows, it’s that a real man takes care of his family. As the son of a former gang legend, Mav does that the only way he knows how: dealing for the King Lords. With this money he can help his mom, who works two jobs while his dad’s in prison.

Life’s not perfect, but with a fly girlfriend and a cousin who always has his back, Mav’s got everything under control.

Until, that is, Maverick finds out he’s a father.

Suddenly he has a baby, Seven, who depends on him for everything. But it’s not so easy to sling dope, finish school, and raise a child. So when he’s offered the chance to go straight, he takes it. In a world where he’s expected to amount to nothing, maybe Mav can prove he’s different.

When King Lord blood runs through your veins, though, you can’t just walk away. Loyalty, revenge, and responsibility threaten to tear Mav apart, especially after the brutal murder of a loved one. He’ll have to figure out for himself what it really means to be a man.

Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas Book Review

At this point, I am convinced that Angie Thomas can do no wrong. The way she creates characters and atmosphere is something of beauty.

I think the most special thing about her writing is just how real it is. It’s not just that she depicts realistic situations and people, but that her stories feel real. Like these things are happening and you can see and feel these character’s frustrations and struggles. You can so clearly understand their emotions and their situations and it’s just so great to read about.

Maverick is such a wonderful character. Although we knew him from The Hate U Give, he gets his time to shine in Concrete Rose. He’s interesting and complex, and most importantly, he is a fantastic father. From the very beginning, you see the love he has for his children, despite the circumstances.

All of the other characters were equally wonderful, however minor. Angie Thomas puts so much life and personality into every single character interaction that it’s hard not to feel like you know them all on some personal level. It’s easy to imagine that this world and these characters continue on outside of the story.

I think my favorite thing about this book is the simple fact that it’s not the kind of story that gets written about. YA contemporary is overrun by white, middle class, suburban teenagers. And while those stories do deserve to be told, stories like this one, often get overlooked, or not published at all.

It’s a story that shows all the good and the bad that exists in real life places like Garden Heights. It shows the complexities, the tragedies, and the triumphs, of people whose stories have rarely gotten told. And it does all of this without either praising or demonizing it, but rather showing it all as it is. I think that’s where the realism I was talking about comes from. All of the problems don’t get solved in the end. Bad things continue to exist even after our heroes are triumphant. It’s real life.

As per usual Angie Thomas’ characters are just next level. They feel so tangible and real, like you know them personally. It’s difficult not to empathize with their struggles even if you have no real experience with what they’re going through. But that’s the sign of good writing and probably why most of us read; we want to feel things entirely new but also familiar. The humanity in Thomas’ writing is probably her greatest asset and why I will always go back to her work.

Overall, I enjoyed and highly recommend this book. As I said, I am certain that Angie Thomas can do no wrong. I am highly anticipating whatever else she comes out with next.