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" Blackman's style is expertly tailored to the needs of teenage readers."
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- "Times Educational Supplement"
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A dramatic and moving conclusion to the award-winning Noughts & Crosses trilogy
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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This third book in the fantastic "Noughts and Crosses" trilogy proves to be a tense and thought-provoking conclusion. If you have read and enjoyed the previous two novels in Malorie Blackman's much-acclaimed series, "Noughts and Crosses" and "Knife Edge", then there is absolutely no doubt that you will love "Checkmate" too. The story follows "Nought" (white) Callum and "Cross" (black) Sephy's mixed-race daughter Callie Rose as she grows up and discovers all about her disturbing past, while struggling to fit in in a severely prejudiced society. Blackman really manages to move the reader and sustain interest throughout the novel, and I for one continuously wished for racist attitudes to be wiped from the planet as I was reading this book. I was so engrossed in the story that I found myself finishing the novel within a day of purchasing it, which undoubtedly speaks for itself. As in "Noughts and Crosses" and "Knife Edge", the plot is disturbing and touching, and if you have read either of the afore-mentioned novels, you will not have discovered everything about Callum and Sephy's story until you have devoured the final page of the brilliant "Checkmate". I highly recommend this book for teenagers and adults alike.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book is one of the best I've ever read. It is the third in a fantastic trilogy, about racial prejudice. It's an emotional rollercoaster, telling the story of the childhood of Callie Rose, daughter of Persephone. Callie Rose is a sixteen-year-old girl, commonly deregarded by society because she has a white, or blanker, father. The plot is original and gripping, and the emotion is breathtaking. This book was long awaited after the impressive 'Noughts and Crosses'and 'Knife Edge' from earlier on in the series, which show Sephy and Callum (Callie's father) growing up, and showing the extent of the prejudice.
This really is an amazing book, and i don't want to say any more about it for fear of giving away some of the plot, but it's a stunning novel, and i really would advise it.
This really is an amazing book, and i don't want to say any more about it for fear of giving away some of the plot, but it's a stunning novel, and i really would advise it.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
What can i say? Totally amazing- unsuspected tragedy at the end proves the final touch. Could n't have been written better. An amaziong author. To start with the story seems a bit slow and tennager-esce, but it soon picks up pace and resumes the grip to which blackman continuously drives her readers. This book shows sephy struggling ot communicate with her teenage daughter, callie rose- who is confused, doesn't read people very well and is determined and stubborn-a perfect mix of sephy and callum-she also has the grounding and deep saddness that callum owned. This book shows sephy trying to move on with her life but moving away from her daughter- meanwhile jude makes his apeearance by guiding callie away from the path her mother has rightfully laid. The main storyline is a confrontation of sephy and her daughter and jasmine and jude-both which have climaxes. It is agreat end to the trilogy and couldn't have ended another way.
There are talks of checkmate being banned due to its connections with suicidal bombing-which i believe there is no cleaer written evidence of-it is uninfluencial in that way and has no reason to be discriminated against. It is an amzing and deeply knowledgeale read. Amazingly written.
There are talks of checkmate being banned due to its connections with suicidal bombing-which i believe there is no cleaer written evidence of-it is uninfluencial in that way and has no reason to be discriminated against. It is an amzing and deeply knowledgeale read. Amazingly written.
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Amazing - a must read
I would absolutely recommend this book to anyone - teenagers and adults; males and females! A thought provoking, clever but easy read with some moderately complex themes that keep... Read more
Published 2 months ago by ChandniGanatra
Amazing!!
The book was clean and new has stated.
I've yet to complete the entire book, but so far so good!!
I've yet to complete the entire book, but so far so good!!
Published 14 months ago by Fred
Not a full review but have to share my thoughts.
I read this trilogy a few years ago and was hooked. I re-read almost all of them, and listened to it on story tape too. I cried buckets, and was kept thoroughly engaged. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Miss C. N. Rose-locke
Good Price!
The cheapest price I found on the internet.
And yet delivered on time. So please with
the service.
And yet delivered on time. So please with
the service.
Published 18 months ago by Gemma
A Check For Checkmate!
Having read the previous books in the Noughts and Crosses sequence I had rather high expectations.
However I was not left disappointed! Read more
However I was not left disappointed! Read more
Published on 30 Mar 2010 by Lydia Clare
A Great Third Installment
This is the third book in the brilliant Noughts & Crosses series. It follows Callie Rose, the daughter of Sephy and Callum, as she grows up and discovers her disturbing past. Read more
Published on 8 Jan 2010 by Book Chick City
Checkmate
Was bought for a christmas present for my daughter as she has read a few other of Malorie Blackman's books and loved them.
Published on 15 Dec 2009 by Ms. A. Kearon
must read!
Loved it Loved it Loved it. Nothing I write could begin to encapsulate the wonder that is Malorie Blackman and the Noughts and CrosseS Trilogy, so simply put. Read more
Published on 25 Oct 2009 by Ms. A. Dale
Great!!!
I really enjoyed this book. It was a tense read and I could never predict what was going to happen. I'm not going to tell you any thing that will ruin the read of this book but I... Read more
Published on 17 May 2009 by Jane Swan
another cracker from blackman
this book was a fantastic end to a fantastic trilogy. malorie blackman made this a heart provoking novel full a strong bonds and plenty of twist and turns to the tale. Read more
Published on 22 Dec 2008 by A. R. Gower
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