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Noughts & Crosses by Malorie Blackman

7 reviews

izzyvioletgrace's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

An amazing book facing many difficult topics: racism, societal standards and mental health. I loved it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Rape, Stalking, Violence, Alcoholism, Mass/school shootings, Bullying, Alcohol, Death, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Genocide, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Torture, Abortion, Blood, and Addiction

sophilozophy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

It is a captivating story about two friends that have to face the prejudices of their world that keeps them apart despite their growing feelings.

This story literally flips history on its head. Sephy is a Cross that lives a life of privilege and power. Callum is a Nought–the underclass that is seen as less than others because of the colour of their skin.

I can't get this book and their story out of my head. The senseless injustice of events in it and how it's all because of the colour of someone's skin.

This novel is heartbreaking and thought-provoking. I wish things like what unfolded in the story were truly fiction and only pages in a book. That could be one of the reasons why this book will stay with me because while I finished it and would like to see it as fiction, I can't. The only fictional thing is the marginalized group in the book is the opposite in reality.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Hate crime, Violence, Confinement, Death, Grief, Kidnapping, and Racism

Moderate: Xenophobia and Suicidal thoughts

karol99's review

emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Very YA and not in the best way. I didn't really like the writing. I was very frustrated with the characters, but I think that's due to the fact that the miscommunication trope is a pet-peeve of mine. They were very young for most of te book, which reflected in the writing- I am not a teen, and therefore might have read this too late as I am not the correct demographic anymore. Concept and idea of the book is very interesting, and enjoyed the book tackling race issues that are ignored and engraved into society today, and have become deeply systemic. But what took me out of it was the YA Cons vs the pros. I think think the way the book is written is very much a product of it's time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

Moderate: Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Violence, Murder, Bullying, Hate crime, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Slavery, Physical abuse, Suicide, Abortion, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Vomit

emmahe's review

I watched the show and thought it was gorgeous but then I found out half way through the book that

Spoiler

callum dies!?!?!?!?

so i’ll need to emotionally deal with that before diving back in 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

Minor: Suicide attempt

bungal0w's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

This book's plot line was so reflective of our society today and really easily makes you stop and think. Are the characters loveable- its complicated because the main characters, Callum and Sephy, are so deeply in love and trapped in their own world that they collectively are the only thing you can focus on which personally didnt want me to love one or the other but leave them without a specific favourite and no bias as i read.  however, the characters had only one personality and the plot was predictable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child death, Cultural appropriation, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Abortion

Minor: Abandonment

kqlon's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Abortion, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

librarianjess's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad fast-paced

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

4.25

I read the audiobook to this and it was super engaging. I really loved the character-development in this novel and I absolutely loved Malorie Blackman's writing style. This novel is so important, drawing parallels to today's society, demonstrating no matter how much progress we think has been made, there is still a long way to go. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Pregnancy, and Sexual content

Minor: Abortion