Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness

83 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

teyn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Animal death

Moderate: Body horror, Violence, Death of parent, and Genocide

Minor: Gore, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Grief, Murder, and Gun violence

natalie_the_dancer's review against another edition

I wasn’t invested in the story and I didn’t like the characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, War, and Violence

annaforthebooks's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

What a stressful read! I loved the premise and how this book took the time to set up the entire series. I also didn’t mind the deliberate grammatical errors and the literal chaos on some of the pages. However, I found Todd to be really annoying most of the time (I won’t accept the reason that he’s just a kid) and felt actually tired of all the running they did throughout the novel.

Also, Manchee didn’t deserve any of it. What happened to him really made me angry. :(

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Violence

Minor: Death of parent

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

weingut's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Genocide, War, Murder, Colonisation, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Misogyny

saraakers's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Death of parent and Genocide

hemmyreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Body horror, and Murder

Moderate: Vomit, Animal cruelty, Violence, Misogyny, Xenophobia, War, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Death of parent

jadarchive's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

amazing! i laughed and i cried, i love these characters so much

i literally sobbed when manchee died and bed left, im holding onto the hope of no body = no death for him and hildy

i’m excited for book 2 to see where the story goes 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Animal death, Murder, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Vomit and War

tallulahlucy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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

3.5

The dog dies

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Genocide, Death of parent, Animal death, Violence, and Body horror

Moderate: Child death, War, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Religious bigotry, Animal cruelty, Vomit, Murder, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Misogyny, Mental illness, Grief, and Gaslighting