![]() I grew up in the 90s myself, I was young, but I remember all these things – I’m personally curious what someone born in the 2000’s or later would think of these “antique” practices. If you wanted to talk to someone, you called the house phone. Maverick was “cool” because he had a pager. This book feels quieter and less intense than THUG – set in the late 1990’s, times were different. This is his story of being thrust into fatherhood at seventeen. But he was once seventeen years old too, doing what he had to to survive. I knew Maverick had a son before he had Starr with his (eventual) wife, Lisa, but I forgot that son was Seven, the baby Mav finds out he is the father of in the beginning of this book! In THUG, ‘Big Mav’ is the ultimate father figure, caring for his family, running the local grocery story, and always being there. I fully admit to reading the Sparknotes on THUG to refresh my memory – and it was just the little boost I needed. I first read The Hate U Give in 2018, so the details were a little fuzzy to me in 2021 – I remembered the main points, but all the characters names? Not so much. ![]() ![]() This review will have spoilers for The Hate U Give (THUG), so proceed with caution! You can read this without having read The Hate U Give, but I would recommend reading it first to fully appreciate this story! I’ve read Angie Thomas’s previous two books, The Hate U Give and On The Come Up, so I was eager to read Concrete Rose – the story of Maverick Carter, father to Starr, main character of The Hate U Give. ![]()
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