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chipottleworker's review against another edition
I do not recommend reading this when you're stuck in a book slump
sam_hartwig's review against another edition
4.0
"The Noise is a man unfiltered, and without a filter, a man is just chaos walking.”
I read and reviewed "A Monster Calls" which was also written by Patrick Ness and it was AMAZING! It was too hard to express it's awesomeness, this book is also pretty amazing. Ness has an incredible talent to writing a story.
The writing style was hard to get used to, but it didn't take long for me to fall deep into the story. It's difficult to get used to because there's deliberate grammar mistakes to give the reader the sense that the characters aren't well read or very clever. I feel that listening to this on Audio helped with getting used to the writing mainly because I didn't have to read the mistakes.
I loved the idea of the "Noise". Of being able to hear everyone's thoughts, even animals. It's so unique and I think Ness did a fantastic job of writing it in a way that was believable.
Todd and manchee are a perfect team. Then they meet up with Viola and the twosome becomes a threesome. Manchee reminded me of Dug, the dog from Up (the disney-pixar movie), mainly because he's a talking dog and because at one point in the story he spots a squirrel and yells "SQUIRREL" just like Dug in Up. Todd and Viola are two young kids I want to wrap up in my arms and keep them away from the bad men. But I wouldn't need to do that because they have so much strength and take care of themselves, It made you want to root for them.
This is a very long winded epic story about two kids and their dog who are walking, and at times running, away from the bad guys. But there's so much more in this book to enjoy. There's mystery, friendship, love and heartbreak. There are many twists and turns with lots getting revealed along the way, some things I had guessed but most was very eye-opening.
In a way this reminded me of World War two. There's an evil dictator who determines a certain group of people are bad and influences the rest of the people to take them to war. Even when the certain group have done nothing wrong.
The book ended with a bit of a cliff hanger but not big enough for me to rip my hair out. I really look forward to reading the next book in the series.
Also on my blog
I read and reviewed "A Monster Calls" which was also written by Patrick Ness and it was AMAZING! It was too hard to express it's awesomeness, this book is also pretty amazing. Ness has an incredible talent to writing a story.
The writing style was hard to get used to, but it didn't take long for me to fall deep into the story. It's difficult to get used to because there's deliberate grammar mistakes to give the reader the sense that the characters aren't well read or very clever. I feel that listening to this on Audio helped with getting used to the writing mainly because I didn't have to read the mistakes.
I loved the idea of the "Noise". Of being able to hear everyone's thoughts, even animals. It's so unique and I think Ness did a fantastic job of writing it in a way that was believable.
Todd and manchee are a perfect team. Then they meet up with Viola and the twosome becomes a threesome. Manchee reminded me of Dug, the dog from Up (the disney-pixar movie), mainly because he's a talking dog and because at one point in the story he spots a squirrel and yells "SQUIRREL" just like Dug in Up. Todd and Viola are two young kids I want to wrap up in my arms and keep them away from the bad men. But I wouldn't need to do that because they have so much strength and take care of themselves, It made you want to root for them.
This is a very long winded epic story about two kids and their dog who are walking, and at times running, away from the bad guys. But there's so much more in this book to enjoy. There's mystery, friendship, love and heartbreak. There are many twists and turns with lots getting revealed along the way, some things I had guessed but most was very eye-opening.
In a way this reminded me of World War two. There's an evil dictator who determines a certain group of people are bad and influences the rest of the people to take them to war. Even when the certain group have done nothing wrong.
The book ended with a bit of a cliff hanger but not big enough for me to rip my hair out. I really look forward to reading the next book in the series.
Also on my blog
rhmunch512's review against another edition
3.0
oh. my. god. the ending broke my heart! I had an emotional roller coaster with this book and oh my god i'm basically speechless! I can't tell if I love or hate the ending because it's just so, uhg! its the biggest cliff hanger ever!!! I do recommend it though :)
adelle_bookworm's review against another edition
4.0
Klasickej Ness. Dokáže mě rozložit ve dvou větách.
georgemay's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
kitkatpanicattack's review against another edition
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I can't believe I'm saying this, but I wanted more space politics and space religion. ew! I hate that I said that. but it's the truth.
xoarinaox's review against another edition
5.0
Oh damn! It was just so good! But....the ending though! Urgh! But it was also so effing good! But I don't ruddy say effing, now do I? /wink wink/ see what I did there?
mb1520's review against another edition
4.0
This book had its up-and-downs. I thoroughly enjoyed the world Ness has created with this series and felt like I was actually walking (running) with Todd.
The only problem I had was it felt repetitive; Run from the army only to be caught by Aaron, escape Aaron to be found by Mr Prentiss Jr, escape Mr Prentiss Jr to continue running from the army, rinse and repeat. It took me a month to complete this book not because I wasn’t interested, but because I would get bored with it and not pick it back up for a week or so. When I was reading it, it was a page-turner; I couldn’t put it down. Then I would reach a point where I just couldn’t continue because of knowing what was going to happen next.
I will say that the ending completely surprised me and I’ll most likely continue the series.
And Manchee absolutely breaks my heart.
The only problem I had was it felt repetitive; Run from the army only to be caught by Aaron, escape Aaron to be found by Mr Prentiss Jr, escape Mr Prentiss Jr to continue running from the army, rinse and repeat. It took me a month to complete this book not because I wasn’t interested, but because I would get bored with it and not pick it back up for a week or so. When I was reading it, it was a page-turner; I couldn’t put it down. Then I would reach a point where I just couldn’t continue because of knowing what was going to happen next.
I will say that the ending completely surprised me and I’ll most likely continue the series.
And Manchee absolutely breaks my heart.
graceannee's review against another edition
1.0
DNF
Hated the dialogue
In the first paragraph the word ‘yer’ was used twice and the sentence ‘need a poo?’
Hated the dialogue
In the first paragraph the word ‘yer’ was used twice and the sentence ‘need a poo?’