Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman

#14 of 54 BBC Big Read

In a Dystopian world, the races are reversed, the Blacks are called Crosses and they rule the world, the light-skinned whites are the Noughts who serve the Crosses. Where there is duality, power struggle is not unknown. 

In this dual world reside Romeo and Juliet living in the opposite spectrum. They are teenagers and ideally all they have to think of is exams and teenage crushes. But not so in this dystopian world. There is always struggle and fight. Will the duo fight for their love or do they perish fighting for love.

This the age old story. We dont have to be different skin coloured to fight for power. But visible differences make us congregate with people who look like us and fight against others who don’t look like us. There will be wars and victors dictate the future and what story is told as history. 

Race, religion, language, land and many other things that separate us. Is there nothing that brings us together. Of course there is love.

This is first book in a series. Don’t think I will be reading any other books in the series. Its an interesting book, especially where the races are reversed but essentially a love story. 

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