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Book Review #25: Boys Don't Cry by Malorie Blackman

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  I was never as much of a Malorie Blackman fan as the people around me were. I remember in year 7, so many people in my form were obsessed with the 'Noughts and Crosses' series by her, but I was never really that interested. Back then, it was romance or nothing in my opinion. The first book of hers that I read was 'Double Cross', the last book in the 'Noughts and Crosses' series, and I completely and utterly loved it (and will probably review it soon), but when I finished it, I never wanted to start the series from the beginning, and to this day I still haven't. So I picked up this book instead.   'Boys Don't Cry' is centred around Dante and his family. He has big plans. He's awaiting his A-level results as the book opens (me next year!) and plans on becoming a journalist, moving out and getting away from home, away from his younger brother Adam and his dad. He has a girlfriend and is more than happy with the direction that his li...