A review by lorithereadingfairy
Let Me Hear a Rhyme by Tiffany D. Jackson

dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious medium-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

 TW: Drug Use, Gangs, death (off-page), death of a sibling, gun violence, police bruality, grief

Rep: Black Cast, Black MC’s 

Headline: Three Kids From Brooklyn Pull Off the Biggest Heist in Hip-Hop History

A few days ago, I decided to go binge listen through Jackson’s books via audiobooks, and y’all every time I do-it’s a masterpiece. The audiobooks for her books are absolutely GORGEOUS, STUNNING AND I ALWAYS GET CHILLS FROM LISTENTING TO THEM. Jackson’s books are so gorgeous and I keep falling in love with him, mostly because the narrator(s) in her books.

Let Me Hear a Rhyme has three/four narrators that narrates Jasmine, Quadir and Jarrell and a little bit of Steph. An I love them. I was expecting one narrator, but multiple making it easier to distinguish the characters, but each narrator brought out each character respectfully.

I love Jackson’s books a lot especially with her characters. And these characters were so loveable. Jasmine is Steph’s brother, who is a brilliant singer, and trying to piece together what happened to her older brother and why he got murdured. Quadir and Jarrel are both Steph’s best friends and are trying to find out what happened to him.

All three of them team up in order to show what Steph was really good in: in making music. They want to highlight what their friend’s life could have been, and y’all, it was so good. Their characters were so strong and they developed so well throughout this novel. IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE NOT TO LOVE THEM.

I LOVE THAT THIS BOOK WAS HIP-HOP INPSIRED. Steph’s music was genius and it always led me breathless every time I could hear it through the audiobook. It’s one huge highlight from listening to the audiobook. Tupac, the hip hop and just teens being teens is literally the best.

I love the way Jackson wrote the love about Brooklyn and how much these three teens cared about their town. And the culture is was brought, and it was so very beautiful. Along with late 90’s nostalgia.

I loved that this book dealt with gangs, police brutality, snitching and drug use-things that are still very real to this day. And the way each topic was handled with care was so good especially because they happened in the 90’s and not just today. 



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