Reviews

The Ask and the Answer by Patrick Ness

kat7890erina's review against another edition

5.0

Incredible.

The way that Ness captures the turmoil of teenagehood alongside the insidiousness of wartime propaganda and atrocities is just... incredible.

I can't recommend this series enough.

natalie_margot's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

winter101's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

ameliedehauwere's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

ellie_klemm's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

gingersquirrel's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

sam_hartwig's review against another edition

4.0

Such an intense book. I didn't like this as much as the first, I think at times it was a little slow but it was still pretty amazing! I liked how we moved from Todd's point of view one chapter, to Viola's point of view the next. I like Viola as a character even more now that she has a voice.

I listened to this on Audiobook, like the first, and enjoyed it just as much. A couple of things I want to mention is that Mayor/President Prentiss is a horrible & completely vile man! He is almost up there with Hitler in my most hated of people. Also, there were so many times that I was thinking 'No Todd! This isn't you, what are you doing!?'

The second last chapter was amazing, switching back and forwards between Todd & Viola really built up the tension. I can't wait to read the last book to see how the war ends. Highly recommended series and author!

christine_ferguson's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

klparmley's review against another edition

5.0

You should read The Knife of Never Letting Go first. This isn't a series of separate parts. It is sequential in the way the Lord of the Rings is sequential; one story in 3 volumes.

If you ever wondered how good people, kind people, found themselves participating in the evil of bad governments, this will show you the baby-step choices that lead to that hell.

davidcottington's review against another edition

4.0

That’s all any of us has to do now. Just stay alive and get through it.

I’m not really sure how I feel about this one. On the one hand it was frustrating and repetitive. On the other it was kind of a slow burn with a good set up for the next book. Undecided. The third book will make or break the series for me.