Reviews tagging 'Death'

Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation by Jeff Chang

1 review

bookbrig's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.25

Okay, now that I'm finished, I think this is a great choice for teen and adult readers with TONS of details and interesting stories. It's also complex and trusts readers to make connections in a way that feels best suited to a high school audience rather than a middle school one, but I think I might still bring it to our 8th graders. There's so much history that weaves around the details about hip-hop, providing context, grounding a reader who wasn't alive for most of this. It's not a light read, but it is an amazing story of art, history, and culture, and I think it will resonate for tons of readers. The audiobook is wonderful, and I highly recommend it for adult readers as well as teens.
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I borrowed this from our library on audio, partly because it says that it's been "adapted for a young adult audience." It's a fascinating book so far, but it definitely reads like adult non-fiction in the amount of detail and depth of the history. I think this updated version would work great as a crossover for adult readers, and I'll wait til I finish before I decide what age I might booktalk this for at schools. Right now I'm leaning high school only, but I'm only a handful of chapters in so far.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Death