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Double Cross by Malorie Blackman

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dramagirl2003's review

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dark tense 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? Yes

4.0

thoughts while reading

The Rise…

p44: the fact that tobey and callie still aren’t an item is a crime really
p88: one guess as to which race maxine is 🙄
p90: oh i hope not. if that dude is still alive after all this 😤
p93: everywhere. everywhere is the harm

The Fall…
p177: tobias durbridge. if you dare…
p181: if you’re that bloody scared of McAuley then you shouldn’t have ratted tobey out to him
p189: God, he’s gonna make tobey shoot dan
p191: don’t do it man, turn round and shoot the bosses (obv that’s actually a crap plan cause the rest of the mob will come after him, but i’m out of suggestions)
p220: that is a strange night, but i suspected she would do that
p239: that’s exactly what we thought, but how will they get him back? alive or in pieces?
p248: oh lordy, what if rebecca is dating the head of the L.M.? i’m pretty sure jude is dead, cause i rechecked Checkmate, but that thing is like a cockroach…
p264: sadly that’s the smartest plan actually, he’ll find out way more info from

rebecca than working at TFTM

p346: oh damn rebecca means serious business
p365: oh finally callie’s pov is back!
p373: thank god
p384: no tobey, please walk becks back to her car
p399:

byron

is the guy McAuley killed before the the prologue

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beckyyreadss's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional 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

3.0

I wanted to read this book because I brought a poster with 100 books to read in your lifetime. I’ve been enjoying this series but struggled with the last book Check Mate and I struggled with this book, I feel like there is just a repeated storyline with the children that have been born on the way.

This book has multiple points of view, however the focus and point of view during this book is Tobey Durbridge. His best friend is Callie Rose, her mum is a Cross, and her dad was a Nought. Tobey is a Nought. Tobey wants a better life – for him and for Callie Rose. He wants nothing to do with the violent gangs that rule the world he lives in. But when he’s offered the chance to earn some extra money, how much could it hurt to just this once say ‘yes’? Callie Rose knows all about the danger of saying ‘yes.’ She knows about terrible mistakes, and violence and revenge, and the fierce divide between Noughts and Crosses. And knowing so much about the past makes her afraid for her future. Because sometimes, one little bad decision can change everything.

This book is still brutal, yes, it is supposed to be a dystopian and fictional book, but it didn’t feel like it at all. This shows the way that society still is, and it made my blood boil. It just frustrates how people still be like this? This book has a strong storyline. This is a powerful book. I love how we watched Tobey go from being this innocent anti-gang boy to having to process something so traumatic and then going into the gang and getting sucked in by revenge. This book shows what hate and revenge can do to a person and how secrets can rip families apart.

I would have loved to have the additional POVs from Tobey’s mother and sister and to see what triggered her to start using drugs. I felt like half of this book was repeating the actions of the first three books in this series. I felt like I was reading the same thing over again instead of Sephy and Callum it’s Callie and Tobey. I felt like this book could have been cut in half and we still would have got everything we needed to know and the story and the drama.

I feel like this has dipped a bit from the original plot of the first book. I think Malorie needs to go back to the original plot of book 1 and remember why this was written rather than going off on a tangent and making a book out of it. I think this book should have ended after the third book and just kept it as a trilogy, and I don’t know how it is going to continue with books five and six.

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rayecharlie's review

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3.5

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lillyrose97's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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justagirlwithbooks's review against another edition

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3.5

“Sorry implies that if you could go back, you’d do things differently. We both know that you wouldn’t change a thing.”

It was interesting to get Tobey's perspective.

I do miss Jude as an antagonist, but

the gangs are a new antagonistic force that are very formidable for Tobey.

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laurataylor's review against another edition

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challenging emotional reflective 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

4.0

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12dejamoo's review

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emotional 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

Tobey you dumbass

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beffsmith's review against another edition

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challenging dark slow-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

3.0

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j0rj_xo's review against another edition

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dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.25

I liked this book more than the previous instalment in the noughts and crosses series. loved that it was fast quite faced paced and didn’t get repetitive as some books do

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mels0507's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective tense medium-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

4.0

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