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Checkmate by Malorie Blackman

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jeefburger's review against another edition

5.0

SOOOO INCREDIBLE I love this one it's so nice and the scenes/flashbacks of the girl and her mum. I'm not sure if it's this one that has more focus on jude or if that was another book but whatever book he says something like "theres water on my face but it isnt raining" or soemthing like that the way they paiting everything was just incredible

zak_dunstone's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

roseslibrary2023's review against another edition

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3.0

3 stars.
The story and its themes were very different from Noughts and Crosses and knife's edge. The dystopian society the characters live in wasn’t the main theme of the story anymore and was replaced with very dysfunctional relationships. Most of the characters made decisions that were infuriating, and were written so differently from the first book that they pretty much weren't the same people anymore (Sephy in particular.) However, I really did like how Jasmine was written and all the positive changes she had made because of her love towards her family. She was fantastic in this book and became my favourite character.

Callie's school journey made me feel I was just re-reading noughts and crosses again, but it did have a satisfying conclusion for some of the characters.