Cuts Both Ways

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The premise of this book is about a young girl named Cynthia Adegoke, who has to transfer to an elite school after her family experienced a traumatic incidents back in London. I thought this book had the potential to be a good book, but instead, it was underwhelming and poorly written. Only for five minutes - the next 30 years you‘ll be rotting in jail where nobody could care less about you.

Cuts Both Ways By Candice Brathwaite | Used | 9781786541833 Cuts Both Ways By Candice Brathwaite | Used | 9781786541833

The twists aren't exactly twists, but that's not the point; the point is how the characters react to them, not we humble readers. A self-confessed beauty and fashion obsessive Candice has a style segment on Lorraine on ITV where she has become known for gently encouraging people to be bolder about embracing colour in their wardrobes. well maybe we were supposed to know and I just didn’t know what it was from the subtle description of it.

Through ‘Cuts Both Ways’, Candice has captured the reality of many young people in London and other cities marred by gun and knife crime. In a world where this "fiction" is so relatable, timely and the reality of life for many, I am glad that Candice has put ink to paper and brought the twists, turns and wider impacts that come with it to the surface. Tackling the complexities of growing up as a Black British teen, Cuts Both Ways is the first fiction title from Sunday Times best-selling Candice Brathwaite, author of I Am Not Your Baby Mother.

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Cynthia wants to follow her own heart and balance her own feelings with the pressure from her parents. The way these hateful ideologies are woven into the very fabric of elite institutions and society is broken apart and carefully depicted.

You learn so much through subtle character interactions or minor details in the background of a scene and I adore that attention to detail. A self-confessed beauty and fashion obsessive, Candice has a style segment on Lorraine on ITV where she has become known for gently encouraging people to be bolder about embracing colour in their wardrobes.

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and the ending where she says “and so I began the story” after J finds the money of Mikes… i thought we were going to find out what Mike had that money for. He is aloof and doesn't seem to like her, but there's something about him she cannot quite get enough of. Candice's commentary on class, race, prejudice, racism, growing up black in britain and the stigma of knife crime and gangs are done so well and have you checking your privilege at the door.

What is meant to be a fresh start for Cynthia leads to a 'fish out of water scenario in which she starts at a posh new school as one of the only black students. I really liked this book when I first started it, I was instantly into it which is down to the details in the storytelling. She finds herself unexpectedly intertwined between two brothers - Thomas, head boy and Isaac, his adopted Black brother.