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I don't recommend listening to the audio book sped up (at least maybe not at 2x). I think it took away from that performance.
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- 26 November, 2019: Reviewed
On the Come Up
by Angie Thomas
Waterstones Children's Book Prize-winning author
New York Times #1 bestselling author
The highly anticipated second novel from Angie Thomas returns to the world of Garden Heights for a powerful story about hip hop, freedom of speech - and fighting for your dreams, even as the odds are stacked against you.
Bri wants to be one of the greatest rappers of all time. As the daughter of an underground hip hop legend who died right before he hit big, Bri's got massive shoes to fill. But when her first song goes viral for all the wrong reasons, Bri finds herself at the centre of controversy and portrayed by the media as more menace than MC. And with an eviction notice staring her family down, Bri no longer just wants to make it - she has to. Even if it means becoming the very thing the public has made her out to be.
I don't recommend listening to the audio book sped up (at least maybe not at 2x). I think it took away from that performance.