Naughts & Crosses

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Malorie Blackman: Naughts & Crosses (Paperback, 2005, Simon & Schuster)

Paperback, 387 pages

English language

Published May 9, 2005 by Simon & Schuster.

ISBN:
978-0-689-04333-8
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3 stars (2 reviews)

Callum is a Nought - an inferior white citizen in a society controlled by the black Crosses. Sephy is a Cross - and the daughter of one of the most powerful, ruthless men in the country. In their hostile, violent world, noughts and Crosses simply don't mix. But when Sephy and Callum's childhood friendship grows into passionate love, they're determined to find a way to be together. And then the bomb explodes...

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Noughts & Crosses

2 stars

I found the book to be fine, middle of the road in terms of enjoyment. I liked the family dynamics much more than the relationship between Callum and Sephy, which could be very tedious to read through at times. I also found the pacing to be erratic almost, going from one scene being dragged on through chapters to massive time skips with very little context that there had been one. I appreciated the exploration of racism but found that it could be surface level in its analysis of it.

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  • Fiction - General