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On the Come Up
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 11 hrs and 41 mins
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Summary
The award-winning author of The Hate U Give returns with 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.
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- Mellis
- 14-05-19
enjoyable and authentic
I loved the story. Feels like a sister novel to The Hate You Give, but chronicling another family's stuggle in the 'hood. The narrator helped to make each character come alive
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- Alentia
- 27-08-21
Phenomenal
Absolutely incredible story and narration, I would definitely recommend this, there is a lot of swearing though.
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- Aj
- 23-03-20
Loved it, so engaging to listen to
The voice acting was awesome, couldn’t fault it.
At times a difficult text to perform, with some parts requiring great timing and a lot of important tonality. Great job!
I’m an adult, and I believe this is “young adult”, I found the story engaging with a good pace to it. I liked and cared for the characters.
Just heard it’s being adapted for tv or movie too and I’m not surprised! A really enjoyable listen.
I definitely learnt a thing or two about GOATS (greatest of all time) hip hop performers, and I feel enriched from experiencing the text.
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- NGomperts
- 15-07-20
Really Enjoyed this Book
As inner city mother of a silent teen boy enthralled by rap music, a world away from my head set, I really enjoyed this story about a sassy black teen girl, full of gumption telling the reader about her complex family and school life, and how she dares to stand up to she stands up to institutional racism, chauvinism and family conservatism. It's full of twists and turns, funny, poignant and very well constructed. The reader Bahni Turpin brings it life with great characterisation, accents and intonation.
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- Milena Popova
- 31-07-20
Great story, excellent performance
Loved Bri's story and those of all the supporting characters. Extremely good performance from the narrator. While we're here, Black Lives Matter. Solidarity. <3
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- V_Nerdbooks
- 31-03-19
This Narrator is EVERYTHING
Brianna, Bri for short lives in a poor part of the neighbourhood, her family is poor and her single mother raised her and her brother after her father, who was a famous up-and-coming rapper was murdered, her mother has now lost her job.
Her auntie is part of a gang, and drugs and guns are pretty much every day things, but Bri doesn’t want to be part of this, her auntie is her music manager, not her life coach.
You see, Bri is a rapper, just like her father, and her dream is to make it big, so school isn’t a huge part of her life, but rapping, that is everything!
After finally getting her chance to perform her stuff at the local “ring” Bri nails-it, and makes a bit of a local name for herself, unfortunately for her, this isn’t always a good thing.
🎧🎧 – Narrated by the incredibly talented Bahni Turpin, this book is well worth a credit…..”But wait, does she rap?” OF COURSE SHE DOES, and she does it brilliantly
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- Clara
- 20-04-21
Amazing follow up to The Hate You Give.
Thoroughly enjoyed this. The narration was amazing and really brought the story and characters alive.
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- Luke
- 05-03-21
I never knew I liked rap until I heard this
Different, pacey and plenty of food for thought. The brilliant narration elevated this to a class above and the story line didn't let up once.
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- A Poets HeartTwist
- 01-10-20
fantastic book
well narrated story, catching, engaging and the list goes on. I intend to listen to it again
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- Ola Agbaimoni
- 15-07-20
Predictable plot but well written and performed
Whilst the plot is very predictable and nothing unexpected happens it is a very well written story and well told by the narrator. I really enjoyed it and it’s definitely worth a listen
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