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Knife Edge by Malorie Blackman

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dramagirl2003's review against another edition

dark 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

4.75

man I wanna simultaneously strangle jude for being so evil and hug him for all the trauma he's been through. villains aren't born, they're made, and honestly it's the crosses that have done this to him

sephy is really struggling here in the aftermath of callum. i wish she would've put her own needs first sometimes. i am very puzzled over the letter

thoughts while reading
p190:

WHAT THE HECK I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO GET A JUDE/CARA LOVE STORY AND NOW SHE'S FREAKING DEAD

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catsandbooksarethebest's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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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? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I decided to read this book because I brought a poster with 100 books to read in your lifetime. The first book was brutal and ended on a cliffhanger that I wanted to carry on with the series and read this one. This book was brutal as well and really freaking infuriating.

This book has two points of views. The first is Persephone Hadley AKA Sephy. She is a Cross who has had her life turned upside down for fighting what was right. She has had a child with a Callum McGregor who was her one true love and has been hanged for crimes of terrorism. Sephy is now raising Callie on her own in a world where she is getting abused from both sides of the community. The Crosses are stunned she kept a Nought’s child and think she’s infected or not worth anything. The Noughts are questioning her motives and still don’t trust her since her father got Callum killed. The second point of view is Jude McGregory. He is a Nought that is being watched for the terrorist acts his brother took the fall for. He is very angry and has a deep hatred for one person – Sephy Hadley. He believes that everything began because of Sephy. She is the reason for all the tragedies Jude has gone through he is determined to force her to pick a side and destroy her life, just like she destroyed his. He is not going to stop until Sephy is no longer a problem.

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 me like how can people still be like this? This book has a strong storyline which moves along very quickly. This is a powerful book. I think the news articles and the split with the colours and the dual POV. I feel like everyone in high school should read this. This book shows what hate does to a person and how lonely it can be when it feels like everyone is against you. I liked that we got the additional POVs from the mums as they were also affected by the events.

I felt like half of the book was repeating the actions of the first book and between the dual POVs, it was quite slow at times and then quite fast at times. I would have liked less repeating more plot or even a POV from Jasmine. I still personally believe this book should have been one book and maybe this one and at the end of every book I am questioning how she is going to carry on with this series. I am now assuming it’s going to be from Callie’s perspective being a mixed child growing up.

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peepder's review against another edition

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challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
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

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emmagalt's review against another edition

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dark medium-paced

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

2.5

So much of the book makes no sense. You could cut about a third of the story with no change. The characters act in ways that are confusing and they even seem surprised by themselves. It's a disappointing follow up

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aurervlnbooks's review against another edition

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emotional sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

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justagirlwithbooks's review against another edition

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3.5

“I suppose it doesn't occur to you that I can think the system just as unjust as you do.”

An introspection on grief that I really appreciated.

I do miss Callum, though.

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jazzlibrariansbookcase's review against another edition

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emotional tense fast-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

Not as fantastic as the first novel of the series, this focuses more on Sephy and Jude, telling of the aftermath of Callum's unjust death. It is different in a way that the different perspectives of the book had a different tone that the previous. Sephy is hardened from the events and her daughter, but I could see that she was struggling. She did adopt a different attitude I feel from the first book. Jude is just full of hate, but I liked that we got to see an inside to his mind and thoughts behind his actions.
Of course, the book leaves on a cliff-hanger, but I an very keen to re-read the series again. I still have the reflective thoughts that I had when I first read the series as a teenager. Though it was published a while ago, the book still has the relevance that it had back then.

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12dejamoo's review against another edition

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dark sad 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

5.0

Juuuuude my heart can't cope

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bethshuff's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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