Synopsis
IT'S TIME TO TAKE YOUR PLACE ON THE JURY.
The victim: A sixteen-year-old girl with facial deformities, neglected by an alcoholic mother. Who accuses the boys of something unthinkable.
The defendants: Four handsome teenage boys from hardworking immigrant families. All with corroborating stories.
WHOSE SIDE WOULD YOU TAKE?
Publisher information
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
- ISBN: 9780008314675
- Number of pages: 384
- Dimensions: 240 x 159 x 35 mm
- Weight: 600g
- Languages: English
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Heartbreaking and thought-provoking...
A facially deformed 16-year-old girl from a troubled background who accuses four Muslim fellow students of raping her. The boys are from hard working immig... READ MORE
An Absolutely Brilliant Read!!!!
Thank you to the publishers for this very early copy.
This is my 75th book of 2019 and it is a very definite contender for my BOOK OF THE YEAR!
Tense throu... READ MORE
Compelling novel
I really enjoyed this book. I was totally invested in the main characters and the writing was clever throughout.
Would love to buy this author again and wi... READ MORE
We Need To Be Talking About This Book!
Now I started reading this & thought I knew what I was getting into.
Zara has had enough of being a high end barrister & now worked for a Rape Centre wh... READ MORE
A powerful courtroom drama
When a young girl from a disadvantaged background and facial deformities accuses four Muslim boys of rape the case spirals into an ugly game of she said/he... READ MORE
Powerful
Facially disfigured white girl Jodie accuses a group of Muslim boys of rape. She tells her story to former high-flying lawyer turned victim's advocate Zara... READ MORE
Hard-hitting and insightful
An upsetting, hard-hitting read on many levels and nothing is ever quite as it seems. "Take It Back" provides an interesting insight to the British justice... READ MORE
Compelling storytelling
This book took me by surprise - in a very good way. It is excellent, so excellent I'm finding it hard to know where to start. It's not your usual courtroom... READ MORE
A gripping tale of real life
a gripping tale from the start which focuses on real life situations.
Four Muslim boys from a hard working family and background have been accused of some... READ MORE
Thought provoking
Thank you NetGalley and publisher for the advance copy of this book - I had not read this author before
In one word wow - on a very thought awkward and pr... READ MORE
Recommended Read
This is a tense read with a challenging storyline with themes of power, society, control, racism and disabilities. Super pace and characterisation througho... READ MORE
A fantastic debut from a brilliant writer, I highly recommend this book.
Where to start with this review. It is a very complex multilayered story so brilliantly written that it just goes round in your head. It’s not just a court... READ MORE
Contemporary and compelling
An intelligent and well written novel which manages to combine a tense courtroom drama with highlighting a number of contemporary issues, particularly arou... READ MORE
Powerful & Compelling
Kia Abdullah has written a superb, powerful and intelligent psychological thriller and courtroom drama as it exposes all the loathsome prejudices and diffe... READ MORE
Take it Back
WOW! Just wow! This book was wonderful from start to finish. I know that's a strange thing to say about a book about a most heinous, alleged, crime but it ... READ MORE
Tense Drama
My thanks to NetGalley and publisher, HQ, for the ARC.
Not my usual genre of reading, but I was intrigued by the description, and just so glad that I was, ... READ MORE
Excellent. Controversial
This story is hard-hitting in its subject matter of rape, but the sensitive issue is handled well.
It also deals with issues of prejudice towards race, ge... READ MORE
Wow!
This book surprised me in the best possible way! The subdued cover and the unassuming title had me fooled and it was only thanks to the glowing reviews tha... READ MORE
Gripping and compelling
A gripping story of four teenage Muslim boys accused of raping, Jodie Wolfe, a facially disfigured schoolgirl and the tragic consequences nobody would have... READ MORE
Very interesting book
Very brave for this writer called Kia Abdullah written this book and published it. Took me couple months to read it, very some sad story, some was natural ... READ MORE
Compulsive, thrilling and worthwhile. A legal drama which reflects the prejudice in British society.
One of my favourite books of 2019! Essentially a legal drama, but also so much more than that. Rich and multi-layered Take it Back holds up a mirror to Bri... READ MORE
Powerful Courtroom Drama with no clear cut guilt or innocence
This is not an easy read! It is powerful, thought-provoking and guilt or innocence is not clear cut. It is a book I thought about not only when I was readi... READ MORE
A great read
Well balanced and keep you firmly in the jury box right till the end. Well worth reading.
An absolute must read
Zara is a former lawyer who switched careers after leaving her arranged marriage. She now works at this centre for rape victims to get help with things lik... READ MORE
Incredible
I honestly don’t even know where to start with this one! If you are looking for a tense, gripping thriller, then look no further. This was everything I exp... READ MORE
Harrowing courtroom drama
A harrowing tale well told. yet again. Having read Truth Be Told I realised I had an earlier title which is just as difficult a subject handled sensitively... READ MORE
Highly recommended
Gripping court room dram e
With good characteristics and cover most topics of today's society
Powerful, heartbreaker and shocking
and the twist at the end,... READ MORE
The plot will play with your emotions
Jodie Wolfe is a sixteen-year-old white girl with facial deformities, who has had a hard life. She lives in a council flat with her alcoholic mother who bl... READ MORE
This one will stick with me for a long time.
This was a difficult read. That's the first thought I had upon finishing this book. That's not to say it isn't a good book; it is a taut courtroom thriller... READ MORE
one I would highly recommend to those who appreciate a count drama, with a challenging storyline.
Take It Back by Kia Abdullah is a modern day story that explores some pretty tough but current themes, sexual assault, racial tensions, prejudice, and pove... READ MORE
Captivating and heartbreakingly sad
Thought provoking, captivating, heartbreakingly sad at times are just some words to describe this wonderful book. If you are expecting to read just a court... READ MORE
Kept me guessing
IT’S TIME TO TAKE YOUR PLACE ON THE JURY.
The victim: A sixteen-year-old girl with facial deformities, neglected by an alcoholic mother. Who accuses the b... READ MORE
Absolutely Compelling
I cannot remember who recommended this book, but whoever it was thank you.
The story is based around two main characters, Zara Kaleel, a gifted woman who ... READ MORE
A total knockout
This book is not normally my cup of tea but the idea was so gripping that I had to read it.
In the book we meet Jodie,a teen aged white girl who reports ... READ MORE
A page turner that will give you a book hangover
It has been 24 hours since I have finished this book and I am still thinking about it. Jodie, a 16-year-old white girl with a facial disfigurement walks in... READ MORE
Powerful and thought=provoking read
A powerful, thought-provoking, and sometimes difficult read, but it kept me turning the pages, wanting to read more!
The book tells of a white teenager wit... READ MORE
Disturbing
This is a very disturbing book. It tells the story of four young muslim boys who are accused of raping a vulnerable, disabled white girl. The prosecuting l... READ MORE
Powerful Debut
"Oppression spreads when women like you tell their daughters to marry a certain man, or wear a certain dress, or work a certain job. It happens when women ... READ MORE
So highly recommended
Kia Abdullah is an author who faces extremely hard hitting issues head on, this book is no exception.
Jodie Wolf is a young woman, just 16, an age of en... READ MORE
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