Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness

19 reviews

asourceoffiction's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I think I'm broken. Reading this book is like walking into a door, then turning around only to fall down the stairs, then getting up only to get punched in the face. And then you go to the fridge and find someone drank all your wine. It never lets up, and every time you think there's room for hope you just get crushed again.

BUT, I absolutely loved it. The concept is incredibly clever - we're in a mysterious land where a strange disease has wiped out all the women and enabled men to read minds. And despite the assault on my emotions I was completely hooked. I got so angry at the rampant misogyny and religious zealotry, but was so engaged by the incredible raw emotion and affection that began to emerge as the book went on.

I'm so glad I read this when I already have the next book in the series, otherwise I'd be screaming at Patrick Ness for leaving me with that unbearable cliffhanger. I know what I'm bumping up my TBR next!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Violence, and Murder

yasaman's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Death of parent, Animal death, Violence, Grief, War, Death, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Vomit

manola's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Overall nice read. Kept me hooked all throughout. The moral struggles the main character, Todd, carries throughout the story are well tought through, and his reactions to events feel, well, human (sensation that i've found lacking in many novels). I didnt find myself becoming overly fond of neither him nor Viola for some reason, though. There are many tense moments when you definitely want them to end up pushing through, but i expected to feel more caught especially by the big cliffhanger at the end, for some reason. 
Nonetheless, both the worldbuilding and plot are quite admirable and the story was very enjoyable. It's not that i didnt care for the 'good characters' at all, both kids are lovely and seeing their relationship develop was really nice. Im planning on reading the secuel as well, where im guessing i'll become more invested in them.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, and Death

Minor: Gun violence and Injury/Injury detail

percivaljoyce's review

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Murder, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Vomit, Physical abuse, Gun violence, and Child abuse

Moderate: Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Physical abuse, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

itsnicholaslashay's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Religious bigotry, Grief, Blood, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Sexism, Physical abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual violence, Genocide, Child abuse, Cursing, and Death of parent

desiderium_incarnate's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

"We don't say nothing more. What else is there to say? Everything and nothing. You can't say everything, so you don't say nothing." 

Das tat weh. Ich glaube nicht, dass ich dieses Buch so schnell vergessen kann. Es ist so unglaublich, brutal, aggressiv, verzweifelt, verwirrt und liebevoll. Es steckt voller Verluste und Entscheidungen und (falscher) Informationen von Menschen, die man sein Leben lang kennt. Es geht um Neuanfänge, die unerwartet schief gehen, sprechende Hunde, die verstummt werden (der Hauptcharakter ist kein John Wick aber die beiden würden sich sicher verstehen) und (das) Unbekannte, was als Feind angesehen wird. Es ist unfassbar schlimm und ich bin so schockiert. Warum zur Hölle lese ich so etwas gerade eben? 
Ich weiß nicht, ob ich diese Geschichte weiterempfehlen würde, ich bezweifle es, warum sollte ich andere leiden sehen wollen, nicht in diesem Ausmaß! 
Ich mag dieses Buch nicht, es ist ist so kreativ und überzeugend gestaltet aber für mich zu heftig. Ich respektiere es aber. Es ist ein starkes Werk. Es hat mich nur ziemlich geschafft. 

"Doing what's right should be easy. It shouldn't be just another big mess like everything else." 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Xenophobia, Gun violence, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Kidnapping, Colonisation, Death, Murder, Torture, Violence, Alcohol, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, and War

rustys0rcerer's review

adventurous challenging tense medium-paced

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

4.0

WARNING: CONTAINS SPOILERS


- Todd seems like a very unlikable but realistic character. His development is super nice to see during the story and his perseverance is jawdropping
- The poor grammar and dialect seemed odd at first, but I quickly got used to it and thought of it as normal, because the narration is Todd’s thoughts. We’re reading it as the characters hear it
- Kept me on my toes the whole time. So many moments of diverted expectations. I never knew what would happen 
- Viola was my fav character cuz she’s the most logical and relatable to me I guess? 
- The author did a good job of almost making me sympathize with Todd wanting to kill Aaron. Almost justified his rage and murderous intent
- Manchee did not deserve to die. What the fuck
- Ending also. What the fuck


Overall a good read. Hoping to continue the series when I’m able

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Murder, and Kidnapping

daringreader13's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

4.0 out of 5 stars

This book pulled me in from the start. The language was a bit hard to understand at the beginning but as I kept reading it became easier. Can't wait to pick up the next book and keep going with the series

Edited 4/23/23

OH MY GOD. Reading this along with the audiobook made it ten thousand times better! I literally reacted out loud so many times and never wanted to put it down. It didn’t help that I had two dogs in my lap and one by my feet at a certain point in the book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Gore, Violence, War, Death of parent, Cursing, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, Religious bigotry, Colonisation, Gaslighting, Genocide, Sexism, and Vomit

nicoleoc1901's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Blood, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence