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4.25 AVERAGE
4.25 AVERAGE
QUE FINAL! Increíble la vuelta que da en los 2 o 3 últimos capítulos. Que perfectas son las descripciones de todo. En un momento va de una punta del mundo a la otra, hay batallas por todos lados, todos los narradores están lidiando con algo complicado o de vida o muerte y la lectura se vuelve super ligera (un poco confusa si no estás prestando atención). El crecimiento de todos los personajes cierra en un arco argumental perfecto. Te deja con muchísimas ganas de más, es un final más bien ~abierto~ pero a mi gusto muy bueno.
adventurous
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I’m baffled that I had forgotten so much from my previous read, I basically only remembered the basic story beats, but that made this read an even better experience. I genuinely lost count of how many times I cried.
I would die for Wilf and Angharrad, but Ivan, Bradley, and Simone are all good characters. Ivan was frustrating but a good character to represent a very real type of people during wartime, losing him was not joyful. Bradley was exactly what I expected of the people of the convoy (most because I completely forgot what they were like). That fact made Simone’s approval of Coyle feel strange. It kinda felt like the two characters were there just to show opposing sides again. However, I do still think Coyle was an excellent anti-villain. I find it so fitting that she too was driven to suicide because of her dismay at failing to achieve her true goal.
Which leads me to David Prentiss. An EXCELLENT villain. I felt disgusted every time I had positive feelings for him, and that happened multiple times. His relationship and story with Todd is so unique and interesting. The Noise is an incredible concept and Prentiss embodies all that is bad and dangerous about it. He uses such a poetic ability for power until the brink of madness.
1017 (I hate calling him that now lol) is still my favorite character. His anger is simultaneously frustrating and understandable. He is the perfect choice for the new Sky. Someone with true understanding of the dangers of power and revenge. The Land in general is such a cool species. Not just their physical description but also how they communicate. It’s so beautiful.
I again did not care for the jealousy aspects either Lee, although they weren’t as prevalent here. However I also hated the lying between Todd and Viola. It was much more frustrating than enjoyable, even though it made the ending more impactful. Also the first kiss being on page 458 of the third book in a series is crazy lol
We lost two more animals in this book, and I’m surprised that Morpeth’s death affected me more than Acorn’s.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Genocide, Gun violence, Misogyny, Slavery, Suicide, Grief, Murder
3.5/5
“Choices may be unbelievably hard but they're never impossible. To say you have no choice is to release yourself from responsibility and that's not how a person with integrity acts.”
Monsters of Men is the final book in Patrick Ness’ Chaos Walking Trilogy. This trilogy features a young teenager named Todd who lives in Prentisstown, a town of only men on a planet that projects their thoughts and feelings in the form of something called Noise. Noise is endless, and nearly impossible to control, and it can be just generally overwhelming for both the person hearing it and the person creating it. It’s driven some men a little mad. Todd’s Uncles, Ben and Cillian, help him and his loveable and loyal dog Manchee escape the town one day, but the world outside of Prentisstown is nothing like Todd has been taught and he’s utterly unprepared for this world.
Monsters of Men jumps right back into the same never ending action that the previous two books had. This is one of the most likeable things about the books to me, that everything moves so quickly. I suppose everything would have to move quickly when you have three armies struggling to gain advantage over each other, our three main characters all on opposing sides. This book doesn’t cut back on the violence, the lives lost in war and the devastating number of casualties are not brushed aside, the constant destruction of life and resources at the expense of innocent people is really what makes monsters of men. While depicting the chaos and complete injustice of war, Ness does a good job of finding the gray area. Nothing is black and white, nothing is good or bad. The Mayor seems to be an inherently bad person, who only wants war and destruction, but he does kind things for Todd. Mistress Coyle appears to only want the good deed of bringing down the mayor, but at what cost to others? Also a huge thanks to Ness for not making this a bad love triangle between Lee, Todd, and Viola. All three of these characters, while harboring romantic interests, were way too busy, y’know, fighting a war to really worry too much about romance.They were often times more worried just about the other person’s general safety.
While I loved the pacing and the well rounded characters, I wasn’t all that big of a fan of the point of view changes. This book swapped between Viola, Todd, and the spackle 1017’s points of view, which wasn’t the annoying part, it was how it was done. The point of view always changed at the cliffhanger. Once or twice I wouldn’t have minded, I’m completely down for some well written suspense, but when it happens over, and over, and over and over, I’m just exasperated by the time I actually get to the resolution of the cliffhanger.
I also have to dock a few points because Monsters of Men felt repetitive. How many times did someone have to go meet with the spackle because they wanted peace? How many times did Mistress Coyle or the Mayor have to prolong the fighting? How many times did they have to prepare for another battle? It began to feel tiresome, and I often found myself internally screaming, someone just kill the Mayor for the sake of my sanity.
Overall, these books were rather enjoyable and I’d definitely recommend to anyone looking for a breath of fresh air in the YA world. The exploration of morals, sacrifice, destruction in war, and coming of age are all well done in a different and unique universe, unlike any I’ve read before.
“Choices may be unbelievably hard but they're never impossible. To say you have no choice is to release yourself from responsibility and that's not how a person with integrity acts.”
Monsters of Men is the final book in Patrick Ness’ Chaos Walking Trilogy. This trilogy features a young teenager named Todd who lives in Prentisstown, a town of only men on a planet that projects their thoughts and feelings in the form of something called Noise. Noise is endless, and nearly impossible to control, and it can be just generally overwhelming for both the person hearing it and the person creating it. It’s driven some men a little mad. Todd’s Uncles, Ben and Cillian, help him and his loveable and loyal dog Manchee escape the town one day, but the world outside of Prentisstown is nothing like Todd has been taught and he’s utterly unprepared for this world.
Monsters of Men jumps right back into the same never ending action that the previous two books had. This is one of the most likeable things about the books to me, that everything moves so quickly. I suppose everything would have to move quickly when you have three armies struggling to gain advantage over each other, our three main characters all on opposing sides. This book doesn’t cut back on the violence, the lives lost in war and the devastating number of casualties are not brushed aside, the constant destruction of life and resources at the expense of innocent people is really what makes monsters of men. While depicting the chaos and complete injustice of war, Ness does a good job of finding the gray area. Nothing is black and white, nothing is good or bad. The Mayor seems to be an inherently bad person, who only wants war and destruction, but he does kind things for Todd. Mistress Coyle appears to only want the good deed of bringing down the mayor, but at what cost to others? Also a huge thanks to Ness for not making this a bad love triangle between Lee, Todd, and Viola. All three of these characters, while harboring romantic interests, were way too busy, y’know, fighting a war to really worry too much about romance.They were often times more worried just about the other person’s general safety.
While I loved the pacing and the well rounded characters, I wasn’t all that big of a fan of the point of view changes. This book swapped between Viola, Todd, and the spackle 1017’s points of view, which wasn’t the annoying part, it was how it was done. The point of view always changed at the cliffhanger. Once or twice I wouldn’t have minded, I’m completely down for some well written suspense, but when it happens over, and over, and over and over, I’m just exasperated by the time I actually get to the resolution of the cliffhanger.
I also have to dock a few points because Monsters of Men felt repetitive. How many times did someone have to go meet with the spackle because they wanted peace? How many times did Mistress Coyle or the Mayor have to prolong the fighting? How many times did they have to prepare for another battle? It began to feel tiresome, and I often found myself internally screaming, someone just kill the Mayor for the sake of my sanity.
Overall, these books were rather enjoyable and I’d definitely recommend to anyone looking for a breath of fresh air in the YA world. The exploration of morals, sacrifice, destruction in war, and coming of age are all well done in a different and unique universe, unlike any I’ve read before.
For YA fiction this was a hard read. I avoided even starting the third book for about six weeks. Reading the chaos Walking trilogy was like living through an abusive relationship. An in depth examination of toxic masculinity and what happens when boys are raised in a world where there only understanding of women comes through the darkest fantasies of other men. Gaslighting, genocide, the effects of war, survivor guilt, colonial conquest, it's all here along with what happens to the human psych when it is forced into conflict with those who epitomise the worst of humanity. These books should be required reading in a bout year six. Very glad to have read them, will not be going back to re-read. Oh, and having a protagonist with just a smidge of insight and self awareness would be a beautiful thing.
This was a great end to this series. It was up and down and all over the place sometimes, and was drug out, but worth the read.
WARNING: You will feel agony while reading this book. But you will also enjoy it immensely. You never know what's going to happen, and it seems as if nothing ever goes right. So you are completely tortured and you feel like you're about to pass out from the intensity and constant action and plot twists. I think I screamed more than once in pure disbelief, torment and frustration. And when you start to think that something might be okay, everything blows up (sometimes literally.) The characters are realistic and have lots of depth. They are never two dimensional. Once again, the book deals with pretty much every controversial issue EVER. The ending is very nice, hopeful but not too perfectly tied up. So read this book, because you will suffer, but it hurts so good.
adventurous
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
hopeful
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
The conclusion of the Chaos Walking trilogy remains suspenseful, yet keeps the cycle of Todd fighting the Mayor, but then going along with him, and Viola stuck with the Answer. After a scout ship lands on the planet, the Answer is the first to approach the explorers and give their side of the story. Viola is quick to refute and give the whole story. Caught between the need to make peace with the alien Spackle, but protect the humans at war with them, the scouts leave some hard decisions to Viola, who always sides with Todd's safety.
HS
HS