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The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness

21 reviews

katy_heath's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny hopeful sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Having just dnf’d a book that was heavy on the social commentary and light on plot, I was a bit reluctant to pick this one up. I needn’t have worried though, as the story was fantastic and the messages were well embedded within the story so I stayed engrossed.

I loved the choice to use spelling errors and bad grammar in the narrative voice, due to the MC’s poor education. Usually such a choice might become jarring but it flowed really well. I am not sure yet whether I have the heart for the next one but we shall see.

minus one star for the way Manchee died. I’m never forgiving Ness

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Violence

Moderate: Racism and Sexism

Minor: Sexual assault

nancy163's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, Kidnapping, Sexism, Cursing, Death, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, War, Gore, Murder, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Child death, Confinement, Gun violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

_rowantree_'s review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.25

I found the premise and themes of this book interesting and think it worked well as an audiobook. Some of the characters and their actions felt a bit unbelievable to me.

In particular, I wasn’t  convinced by the reasons given for why the bad guys cared so much about the main character and spent the whole book chasing him.

I found the dog really annoying until about a paragraph before it died. I think that was the point and was a sign of good writing, but not necessarily enjoyable.

I also find it irritating when books censor swearing but include violence, death, injury and prejudice. 

I may or may not listen to the next book at some point in the future.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Religious bigotry, Sexism, War, and Death

book_becca's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.5

Not an awful book, predictable at times. Writing style was not for me but can see the appeal.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Vomit, Abandonment, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual violence, Violence, War, Misogyny, Body horror, and Death

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Gun violence, Gore, Genocide, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, and Kidnapping

savvypotions's review against another edition

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

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. 

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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

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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

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 against another edition

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

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