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leafblade's review against another edition
4.0
///ESPAÑOL///
Pensé en ponerle las 5 estrellas pero la verdad es que el principio es muuuuuuuuy lento.
Me encantó el Nuevo mundo, me encantó el Ruido, me encantó que los animales hablaran, me encantó Viola, me encantó Todd, me encantó Manchee, me encantaron Ben y Cillian. La historia de este mundo nuevo también me gustó mucho, y Prentisstown fue una sorpresa tras otra. Me gustó mucho cómo Patrick construyó la historia.
LO QUE NO ME GUSTÓ NADA FUE CÓMO TERMINÓ POR DIOS. Todos tienen una vida muy difícil y sufren durante todo el libro y "ya estamos por llegar" y "la vemos" y "ok nos escondemos acá y después todo va a ir bien" y después NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
100% indignada con la vida.
///ENGLISH///
I thought about giving it 5 stars but the truth is that the beginning was reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaally slow.
I loved New World, I loved the Noise, I loved that the animals could talk, I loved Viola, I loved Todd, I loved Manchee, I loved Ben and Cillian. I also really liked the history of this New World, and Prentisstown was a surprise after another. I really enjoyed the way that Patrick lead the story.
BUT SOMETHING THAT I DEFINITELY DIDN'T LIKE WAS THE ENDING. MY GOD. They all have hard lives and they suffer through aaaall the book and "we're almost there" and "we can see it" and "ok, we hide here and then everything's gonna be alright" and then NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
100% upset with life in general.
Pensé en ponerle las 5 estrellas pero la verdad es que el principio es muuuuuuuuy lento.
Me encantó el Nuevo mundo, me encantó el Ruido, me encantó que los animales hablaran, me encantó Viola, me encantó Todd, me encantó Manchee, me encantaron Ben y Cillian. La historia de este mundo nuevo también me gustó mucho, y Prentisstown fue una sorpresa tras otra. Me gustó mucho cómo Patrick construyó la historia.
LO QUE NO ME GUSTÓ NADA FUE CÓMO TERMINÓ POR DIOS. Todos tienen una vida muy difícil y sufren durante todo el libro y "ya estamos por llegar" y "la vemos" y "ok nos escondemos acá y después todo va a ir bien" y después NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
100% indignada con la vida.
///ENGLISH///
I thought about giving it 5 stars but the truth is that the beginning was reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaally slow.
I loved New World, I loved the Noise, I loved that the animals could talk, I loved Viola, I loved Todd, I loved Manchee, I loved Ben and Cillian. I also really liked the history of this New World, and Prentisstown was a surprise after another. I really enjoyed the way that Patrick lead the story.
BUT SOMETHING THAT I DEFINITELY DIDN'T LIKE WAS THE ENDING. MY GOD. They all have hard lives and they suffer through aaaall the book and "we're almost there" and "we can see it" and "ok, we hide here and then everything's gonna be alright" and then NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
100% upset with life in general.
broken_shady's review
adventurous
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
maddie_reads_stuff's review against another edition
2.0
A boy learns that even in a world where you can hear everyone’s thoughts, men are still able to keep the most devastating secrets.
This book should be re-titled “The Knife of Never Giving the Protagonist a Break.” Seriously, did a single good thing happen to Todd without the universe turning around and bringing something upon him that’s ten times worse than what he just survived? And what’s with the quasi-immortal preacher? Somehow, I wouldn’t be surprised if he turns up again in the next book. (The sequel which I will not be reading anytime soon because I can’t handle another reading experience like this. Suspenseful, yes, but leaving you with soul-crushing despair and the conviction that evil always wins.)
This book should be re-titled “The Knife of Never Giving the Protagonist a Break.” Seriously, did a single good thing happen to Todd without the universe turning around and bringing something upon him that’s ten times worse than what he just survived? And what’s with the quasi-immortal preacher? Somehow, I wouldn’t be surprised if he turns up again in the next book. (The sequel which I will not be reading anytime soon because I can’t handle another reading experience like this. Suspenseful, yes, but leaving you with soul-crushing despair and the conviction that evil always wins.)
inook_u's review against another edition
5.0
it was slow in the first few pages. but when chapter two came along.
BANG!!! an amazing ride happened.
Totally recommend to all, and I am so glad that Ive picked this book up again and gave it good try.
BANG!!! an amazing ride happened.
Totally recommend to all, and I am so glad that Ive picked this book up again and gave it good try.
alicebme's review against another edition
5.0
This trilogy fucked me up. I will, however, read anything Patrick Ness writes from now on. I hope this never becomes a movie, because I will have to see it, and it will give me nightmares. Tremendous, original, recommended.
alialu's review against another edition
5.0
Holy cow, what a ride.
At the top of the cover of this book it says "WINNER, Guardian children's fiction prize".
And there's one word in that sentence that's been hunting me since 300 pages ago.
CHILDREN
How? How can this book that has war, death, sex implications, cruelty to another level, darkness all around, be categorized under CHILDREN'S fiction?
I wouldn't give this book to my children untill they're at least 15.
Still, this was good news of it. Because I was afraid that I had bought a book, that with its talking animals, was going to be too childish even for me. But I couldn't have been more mistaken.
While at first it took me a month to go around the first 100 pages, when you understand Ness' rythm, the paragraphs just flow under your eyes, like a never stopping good Noise.
What seemed like a maybe boring story turned into a heartbreaking but infinitelly interesting story about human's ambition, the consecuences of the life we're living, and the desire for a simpler kind of life (things I relate to immensely).
And the writing style that at first seemed plain bad, weird and cringy, turns out to be incredibly smart (big acclaim to Ness).
With that said, let's see if I can fix my heart a little with the second one (xD LOL, no there's no hope in that).
At the top of the cover of this book it says "WINNER, Guardian children's fiction prize".
And there's one word in that sentence that's been hunting me since 300 pages ago.
CHILDREN
How? How can this book that has war, death, sex implications, cruelty to another level, darkness all around, be categorized under CHILDREN'S fiction?
I wouldn't give this book to my children untill they're at least 15.
Still, this was good news of it. Because I was afraid that I had bought a book, that with its talking animals, was going to be too childish even for me. But I couldn't have been more mistaken.
While at first it took me a month to go around the first 100 pages, when you understand Ness' rythm, the paragraphs just flow under your eyes, like a never stopping good Noise.
What seemed like a maybe boring story turned into a heartbreaking but infinitelly interesting story about human's ambition, the consecuences of the life we're living, and the desire for a simpler kind of life (things I relate to immensely).
And the writing style that at first seemed plain bad, weird and cringy, turns out to be incredibly smart (big acclaim to Ness).
With that said, let's see if I can fix my heart a little with the second one (xD LOL, no there's no hope in that).
videoglee's review against another edition
4.0
Great book.
Only... Todd could be so irritating and seemed quite thick at times.
But then again, I'm not used to my dystopian science-fiction being populated by actual human beings who act stupidly and have flaws.
Only... Todd could be so irritating and seemed quite thick at times.
But then again, I'm not used to my dystopian science-fiction being populated by actual human beings who act stupidly and have flaws.
ynanutshell's review against another edition
5.0
When I first picked this book up and flipped to page one, I knew I had to have it.
Fast forward a year or two later and The Knife of Never Letting Go is still by far my most treasured possession in my bookshelf. I will gladly recommend it to anyone. I've read the series thrice and each time I fall madly in love all over again. And then I hate it all over again. No book has taken control of my emotions, wrenched them out from deep within so ruthlessly like this one has.
Fast forward a year or two later and The Knife of Never Letting Go is still by far my most treasured possession in my bookshelf. I will gladly recommend it to anyone. I've read the series thrice and each time I fall madly in love all over again. And then I hate it all over again. No book has taken control of my emotions, wrenched them out from deep within so ruthlessly like this one has.