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The Crossing

par Manjeet Mann

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"Natalie's world is falling apart. She's just lost her mum and her brother marches the streets of Dover full of hate and anger. Swimming is her only refuge. Sammy has fled his home and family in Eritrea for the chance of a new life in Europe. Every step he takes on his journey is a step into an unknown and unwelcoming future. A twist of fate brings them together and gives them both hope. But is hope enough to mend a broken world?"--Publisher's description.… (plus d'informations)
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Representation: Black characters
Trigger warnings: Death of children in a boating accident and a mother in the past from cancer, refugee experiences, physical assault and injury, hospitalisation, racism, grief and loss depiction, bullying
Score: Six and a half points out of ten.
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I saw The Crossing circling my recommendations for a while but when I saw the library has it, I seized the opportunity to get it by picking it up. I checked the ratings and reviews which seemed high so I headed in with equally high expectations. I soon started reading it, but when I finished it, I enjoyed it but The Crossing is not without flaws.

It starts with the first two characters I see, Nat and Sammy, living their separate lives, with the former living miserably in England after losing her mother to cancer and her brother to right-wing extremism, and the latter living a worse life in Eritrea. According to the blurb, Nat's only refuge is swimming, so that explains why she likes that so much. Sammy alongside his friend, Tesfay, long to go to Europe to escape the atrocious place they live in all while I see Nat's life go on a downward spiral with the housing crisis in full effect.

Here's where The Crossing shines: it is one of the few pieces of literature that gets poetry right. Most authors try to do poetry but all they do is press the Enter key many times and call it 'poetry.' Fortunately, The Crossing doesn't do that as it utilised ingenious literary devices to keep me reading, especially the transitions between the lives of Sammy and Nat. However, I don't get why a non-Black person had to write about a Black person. They're both minorities but they're so different from each other it doesn't feel authentic. At least there's no white saviourism. Sammy starts his journey to Europe by first going to Sudan, then the Sahara Desert and finally the Mediterranean Sea.

That last place I mentioned is the most difficult section thus far for Sammy and Tesfay; unfortunately, the latter died as he was lost to the sea, much to the former's dismay. Nat gathers the courage to attempt to swim the English Channel which is a feat in and of itself but when she does that, she sees Sammy and feels like she knows him. Meanwhile, Sammy sadly succumbs to the water on the final leg of the expedition to Europe, finishing The Crossing on a bittersweet note. There's a side plot point about Nat's brother committing a hate crime and getting imprisoned but that wasn't necessary. ( )
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"Natalie's world is falling apart. She's just lost her mum and her brother marches the streets of Dover full of hate and anger. Swimming is her only refuge. Sammy has fled his home and family in Eritrea for the chance of a new life in Europe. Every step he takes on his journey is a step into an unknown and unwelcoming future. A twist of fate brings them together and gives them both hope. But is hope enough to mend a broken world?"--Publisher's description.

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