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Crossfire by Malorie Blackman

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books_coffee_cornwall's review against another edition

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dark fast-paced

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

3.5

holt_mh's review against another edition

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dark reflective 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

3.5

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4.0

"This world is full of sheeple, not people, all longing to be told what to do, how to think. Sheeple who are lost without someone to follow. And you know the best part? Even when most of them know they're being led over a cliff, they'll still follow because it's less effort than thinking for themselves. It's the human condition."

A wonderful development of the dystopic world built in the Noughts and Crosses universe, delivered through some cross-generational narration. Picking this book up sent a wave of nostalgia over me and returned me to my teenage years. After all these years, the idea of a world where the hierarchy of races is reversed remains as intriguing as ever. I very much enjoy the storytelling structure of the Noughts and Crosses series, complexified in this book by the development of the second and third generation of characters. Having said this, the lack of efficient communication between the main second generation characters made for quite a frustrating narrative at times. Adulthood may have turned me into a cynic and amended my perspective of what I think love is, but the constant claims by both characters to be the other's soulmate (and then proceeding to act in an opposing manner) was a tad irritating. Nevertheless, an enjoyable read which craftily ended on a cliffhanger, leaving me eager to dig into the last book.

annie_lu's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Brilliant revive to the series but this clearly a set up book for the finale....so many unanswered questions.

leonajasmin's review against another edition

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4.0

This book is difficult to fully review since it's the first of two halves rather than a two-part series, but there is definitely a lot of stakes presented in this book and I am interested to see how the sequel will pan out. Libby and Troy slowly grew on me, I still love Callie Rose as a character and whatever the hell is going on with Tobey will hopefully be addressed well in the sequel. I got this book the day it came out, but I'm glad I took so long to pick it up since this book didn't really answer any of the questions it presented. However, it's still got Malorie Blackman's high readability and can be read quite quickly if one wants to do so- I read it on and off over a period of only about ten hours.