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The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness

29 reviews

savvypotions's review

adventurous dark emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Violence, and Misogyny

Moderate: Animal death, Religious bigotry, and Colonisation

bookcaptivated's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Blood, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Violence, Gun violence, Animal death, Vomit, Sexism, Misogyny, and Gore

Moderate: Religious bigotry and Kidnapping

Minor: Colonisation, Cursing, War, Fire/Fire injury, Ableism, and Death of parent

boris's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, War, Gun violence, and Misogyny

andreapap15's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.25

Haven't read a solid teen dystopian in years! Centres around themes of growing up, toxic masculinity, radicalisation, organised religion and the harm it does. The voice annoyed me in the beginning, but I quickly grew accustomed to it when I got to know Todd as a character.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, and Violence

Moderate: Murder, Animal death, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Animal cruelty and War

tadpolefox's review

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Misogyny, Grief, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Death, Genocide, Racism, Violence, and War

Moderate: Death of parent and Gun violence

Minor: Vomit, Sexual harassment, and Alcoholism

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

victoria_2002's review

adventurous dark hopeful tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, Vomit, Violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death of parent, Blood, Death, Grief, and Misogyny

risemini's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Animal death, Murder, Misogyny, 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

halcy's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-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? No

4.0

felt very attached to the characters very quickly, made me cry, made me laugh, good book.

i love the emphasis Ness conveys through his writing with repetition, well placed line ends, etc.. i think there was a very good balance of world building where i could always picture the scene well but never felt like skipping to the end of the paragraph bc i was bored. big fan of the way Ness gave next to no descriptions of the characters (with the exception of Aaron’s body horror), i personally pictured Viola as a black girl and i was worried there would be a description later in the book that would mess up that image but it just never came up. last thing, i don’t know if this changes in the next books but i loved that there was no romance between Todd and Viola. i think that would have been entirely unnecessary and weird to be frank (the movie cough cough). i loved the bond they grew and some strange child-romance would have felt very americanly forced. but yes, good book 

rest in peace Manchee you were a darn good dog

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Body horror

Moderate: Death of parent and Misogyny