Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness

48 reviews

thetomeraider's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? No

3.0

If you like books where the thing that moves the plot along is main characters being chased by a threat, finding safety, then running from the threat, finiding safety,running from threat...lather, rinse, repeat...you'll love this. Especially if you like that part of the threat is a bad guy who really should be dead but just is so consumed with his purpose that he just keeps on living. 

I went into it skeptical because I have come to hate gendered plagues in books that only wipe out women or men and there is no discussion of anyone outside the gender binary but that issue resolved itself for me. I didn't HATE this but it annoyed me more than it didn't.
Plus

The dog, who was kind of a hero and was holding the whole book up, is killed. It's terrible.

This is the 1st book in a trilogy and it does not give you a satisfactory wrap-up at the end so would not work as a standalone. I know I won't read the other books after this so I went to wikipedia and read the plot summaries and now I can move on with my life. But 1st I need to watch the movie adaptation which has Tom Holland and Daisy Ridley as the teenage main characters. So fun. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gore, Animal cruelty, and Sexism

Moderate: Murder and Violence

Minor: War

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

---

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

belle789's review

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

MY FAVORITE BOOK AND I HATE READING! I love the instant attention grasping and thoughtful story! Just read it!

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Cursing, Violence, Blood, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Police brutality, Vomit, Genocide, Grief, Medical trauma, and Murder

piingy's review

adventurous challenging mysterious fast-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.25

What the heck did I just read? 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Animal death, Grief, War, Animal cruelty, Blood, Death, Murder, and Vomit

Moderate: Colonisation

Abuse of pet and then death of pet

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.

---

Content Warnings

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

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

Minor: Animal cruelty and War

cosmicsapphic's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

3.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Violence, and Animal death

anneminusmarie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Blood, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Cursing, Hate crime, Murder, Gun violence, Animal death, Body horror, Vomit, War, Death, Torture, and Suicide

wendelreads's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

1.0

Tense the whole way through with hardly any down time. Too stressy without payoff. Secrets revealed were not worth it.

Ending made me angry.

Not a fun journey.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

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

---

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!

---

Content Warnings

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