There was lots of enthusiasm for this book - people were gripped by it, ignoring their supper to carry on reading!
The story focuses on Tyrone and Simran, a black boy and an Asian girl, whose romance causes major family friction. People felt the story, a sort of updated Romeo and Juliet, had a believable ring to it. People also thought the racial issues in the book were handled well, and that characters were used to explore the complexity of issues, rather than provide simple caricatures.
The use of dialogue, too, was praised – there was concern that it could have been overdone, by a writer trying too hard to sound cool, but Rai seemed to get it just about right. It sounded like people we knew, and heightened the sense of realism in the book.
A strong story, well told – ‘The Last Taboo’ got a very solid 8.5 out of 10.
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I like the story because of the ending of this book was interesting as they finally get together(the two main character Simran and Tyrone) but the words which have been used in the book was very exaggerated and could not feel very touching. Moreover too much swearing words have been used in the book unnecessarily. I’ll give 7/10.
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