Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness

102 reviews

victoria_2002's review against another edition

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

stormlight_skies's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad 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

It's been a few years since I first read this book. I forgot most of the plot which was great since I got to re-experience the story again

(while being emotionally prepared for Manchees death).

This books is quite fast paced, slowly unraveling more about the history of New World and Todd and Viola getting closer together.

I don't remember the plot for the next books in this series either, but I am happy to experience it again.

"Sheep!"

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death

risemini's review against another edition

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

mybookscape's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious 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? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Violence

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

ilsota_77's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This ending 😭😭—- I have to get the second book ASAP

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Genocide

Moderate: Death and Gun violence

Minor: Kidnapping, Torture, Vomit, and Death of parent

hazelmort's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

The main character annoyed me a lot most of the time BUT I did find myself really engaged with the plot and asking questions the whole time

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence and Murder

Minor: Vomit, War, Death of parent, and Torture

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

kristie_deaver's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I liked the creative use of font to denote Noise thoughts. Also, the story pace was fast but seems slow because they’re just running for most of it. I was certainly disappointed with the ending. But, overall, the story was entertaining. I wish characters were more round, too. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Blood, War, and Violence

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, and Vomit