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A review by anastasia_okodure
Crossfire by Malorie Blackman
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.
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.