Her family is falling on hard times, and her rapping success may be the only way forward. Teenage Bri (pronounced 'Bree' and short for Brianna) is an aspiring rapper.
So let's start with a spoiler-free overview. It was by no means bad, but after Thomas' incredible debut, The Hate U Give, I was expecting more (although, yes, On the Come Up was written in a short space of time and I shouldn't compare). I have to admit that I was disappointed by this. It is the story of fighting for your dreams, even as the odds are stacked against you of the struggle to become who you are, and not who everyone expects you to be and of the desperate realities of poor and working class black families.īrilliant, insightful, full of heart, this novel is another modern classic from one of the most influential literary voices of a generation. On the Come Up is Angie Thomas's homage to hip hop, the art that sparked her passion for storytelling and continues to inspire her to this day. With bills piling up and homelessness staring her family down, Bri no longer just wants to make it-she has to make it.
But when her mom unexpectedly loses her job, food banks and shut-off notices become as much a part of her life as beats and rhymes. As the daughter of an underground rap legend who died right before he hit big, Bri's got massive shoes to fill.
Or at least get some streams on her mixtape. Sixteen-year-old Bri wants to be one of the greatest rappers of all time. So it's beautiful for me to show those roots.This is the highly anticipated second novel by Angie Thomas, the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling, award-winning The Hate U Give. And through Bri’s mom and her aunt, we see how she becomes the person that we get a glimpse of at the very end. They're still growing and learning and making mistakes, and it’s a beautiful thing because it helps us become who we are. We have our mothers, we have our aunts, we have our grandmothers who pour into us and help us become the women that we are, and I wanted to respect that, but I also wanted to show that these women who pour into us have their struggles sometimes too. But then I also wanted to show the strong women who surround her and pour into her, because for so many of us that's our lifeline. And I wanted to find her power and, to find her place and to own up to, and for her to find her courage to say, “You know what, I'm enough period,” and I wanted to show that. And with the character Bri specifically, I wanted to show this young Black girl who's often told by the world that she's too much or not enough. I just wanted to reflect a few in what I write. AT: It's so important, and I will never sit here and say that I represent all Black women in everything that I do because we have so many different lives, so many different stories, so many different experiences.
0 kommentar(er)
