Knife Edge by Malorie Blackman

 Review by: Samantha M. Siciliano

 

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QUICK SUMMARY:

 

In a world where Blacks (Crosses) have privilege and higher status than noughts (Whites) This book demonstrates what is still wrong after having freedom from slavery for about 50 years from the Crosses that held the noughts as slaves. This book is the second in a series called Noughts and Crosses. Instead of focusing on Callum and Sephy like in the first novel, this one focuses on Callum’s brother, Jude, and Sephy. There are some moments where both Jasmine and Meggie appear and we read through their eyes, but that is near the end of the book.

 

THE REVIEW

 

So there is still the racial tension between Noughts and Crosses. In this book, I noticed that Noughts was capitalized. I can’t tell if the author meant to do this or not. This review isn’t going to be the best because I cannot talk about much without giving too much away from the first book (if someone hasn’t read it yet) and I don’t want to give too much away from the new one that will deter people from wanting to read the second one. 

 

I love that this book didn’t focus completely on Jude and the Liberation Militia. It focused a lot on his basic human needs. I mean there is obviously some connection between Jude and the LM, but there is also a bit of a twist that I didn’t see coming and I think readers will enjoy. And then there is Sephy and the little Rainbow Child. Watching Sephy struggle and grow in this book is amazing. And it’s not just Sephy who is growing and changing. She still doesn’t take shit from anyone and there are a few instances in the book that just make you proud of her. She has flaws, but who doesn’t? However, it’s not just Sephy who is growing, so are other characters in the book like Meggie, Minerva, and Jasmine. Meggie has to adjust to a life without some of her family members, Minerva takes on a job as a junior writer for a newspaper and is learning how to communicate better, Jasmine wants to embrace the changes of her life where she is no longer under the thumb of all the watching eyes. Even Jude struggles with his choices that he is making and you kind of want him to be successful even though he has a high probability of falling short. 

Because I can’t go into much detail about the second book for fear of ruining the first or second book, if you want to know something more, just ask!

 

I would rate this book a solid 4/5. A little bit of a lower score as my interest wasn’t as deep into the read as was the first one. I did like how the author played with my mind and had outcomes occur that I did not see coming! Overall, the writing style had less grammatical errors as well. 

 

IN CONCLUSION, READ THE FRACKING BOOK!

 

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