Concrete Rose by Angie ThomasMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
I loved The Hate U Give, so I'm inwardly cringing at giving Concrete Rose only three stars. The thing that is was too much about teen parenthood for me without the same sort of compelling characterization that made me love Thomas' other books. It's still worth reading if you like Angie Thomas, but really it just made me want to reread The Hate U Give.
Happy reading--
Ps. Lisa Carter is still the best part of any story she is in.
Pps. Full disclosure that the audiobook narrator could have been part of my issue. While a decent reader, he was a letdown after the amazing Bahni Turpin, who narrated Thomas' other two books.
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