YMMV / Noughts & Crosses

• Diagnosed by the Audience: Lynette. She seems to have some kind of PTSD and psychosis.
• First Installment Wins: Noughts & Crosses is a lot more popular than any of its sequels. The fact that it can easily be read as a stand-alone may have contributed to this.
• Heartwarming Moments:
  • At the end of the book, Sephy and Callum calling to each other that they love each other as he is hanged. Made even worse when Callum's last chapter ends when he dies, halfway through telling Sephy he loves her.
  • The eventual reconciliation between Sephy and Callie at the end of Checkmate is truly beautiful.
• Moral Event Horizon: Jude's murder of Cara. Possibly he himself considers it to be this, as he is notably more heartless afterwards, and much as he suppresses his conscience, it's clear that he never forgives himself for it.
• Narm Charm: When Jude tells Cara that Nought women often try to look like Cross women. He has a point, but then he tells her that they can buy panties which are padded so they can have more curvy hips, it just becomes funny. But still sad.
• Tear Jerker:
  • Callum's hanging.
  • Much of Callie Rose's childhood counts as this, to the point that she is talked into becoming a suicide bomber while still a child. It is chillingly believable that she could be driven to this by the hell of her upbringing, and the manipulations of her uncle.
• What Do You Mean, It's Not for Kids??: The series is targeted at Young ADULTS, and should not be read by anyone under 13. Still does not stop parents buying them for a 10-year-old then complaining.
• The Woobie: Callum to an excruciating degree.

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