--- product_id: 91987682 title: "Noughts and Crosses: Noughts and Crosses 1" brand: "malorie blackman" price: "VT3833" currency: VUV in_stock: false reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.vu/products/91987682-noughts-and-crosses-noughts-and-crosses-1 store_origin: VU region: Vanuatu --- # Noughts and Crosses: Noughts and Crosses 1 **Brand:** malorie blackman **Price:** VT3833 **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Noughts and Crosses: Noughts and Crosses 1 by malorie blackman - **How much does it cost?** VT3833 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.vu](https://www.desertcart.vu/products/91987682-noughts-and-crosses-noughts-and-crosses-1) ## Best For - malorie blackman enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted malorie blackman brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Noughts and Crosses: Noughts and Crosses 1 ## Images ![Noughts and Crosses: Noughts and Crosses 1 - Image 1](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51pvrpSnsqL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐ Weak and Lazy *by M***N on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 March 2020* So, it started on TV last week, and then over the weekend the book appeared as a daily deal, thus leading me to buy it and read it for the first time. I had always been led to believe that this was good, but to my surprise it is a load of piffle. And before someone gets on their high horse and says how wonderful this is, let me explain. This provides us with an alternate world history, but where there actually should be one there is none, as everything here falls into our current world. So in reality if the events outlined here did happen, not only would things be different in reality, but also within the context of this book, after all people wouldn’t drive around in a Mercedes, nor would there be any Nobel prizes. This shows a complete lack of understanding about the world and ignorance, and if you think about it shows a deep lack of respect by the author for African culture and values.The religion as described in this book would not exist, things would be different both culturally and on many other layers as well, so this novel completely fails to build a believable world. The story then itself does not know what it wants to be, with a romance between the two main characters, and then trying to take in other elements. Going for a Romeo and Juliet feel the author has even given us a balcony scene and other pieces from Shakespeare’s play, but all done rather badly. Indeed, in Africa Shakespeare’s original play has been done with different colours and was very well received, whereas I cannot see what anyone can find appealing in this book.The author in her introduction here claims that she started this because of anger over the Stephen Lawrence murder, although one wonders if that was just something said to get on the money trail, because actually this has nothing to say about racism, as here all the author does is show that there are such people on both sides, which we already know anyway. So, this book has nothing to actually say, is poorly thought out and written, and add to this that the chapters alternate between the white male and black female main characters, so we do not have any depth as these are all in the first person narrative style and not done that well. The characters are poorly drawn, the situations are unoriginal and have been done numerous times before, and even the names are wrong. Talk about complaining about cultural appropriation, or misappropriation, this is done here on a massive scale.I am thus left dumbfounded by the fact that lots of people seem to like this piece of crap which has no saving grace whatsoever, and added to this there are at times words missing from the text, and even a bomb that goes off in a bin in the middle of a shopping mall is called a car bomb. If this had been put on here as a self-published book, I could sort of understand, but for a major author to publish this just really beggars belief. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Thought provoking *by J***H on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 April 2017* I read this recently as it was on the reading list for a course in writing for children. I was sceptical as it was written many years ago (and we were told to read things published in the last 6 years). But wow – this is phenomenal! The writing style had me gripped from the beginning. Blackman doesn’t waste any time with fluffy stuff that’s not relevant, yet she crafts her characters so cleverly, I felt like I knew them really well by the end.I didn’t expect the ending either… ### ⭐⭐ A tiresome read *by J***E on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 March 2020* An interesting and challenging premise which I enjoyed. However, it was poorly delivered . I have been reading classic children’s (for early teens) books to my daughter and this compared poorly in comparison. The characters were pretty one dimensional and there was so much misery without let up. The love that blossoms between the hero and heroine was consummated in a way that was quite distasteful- especially for a book designed for teenagers to read . I will not be reading the sequel and will recommend others books to my daughter to read. 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