Reviews

The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness

maccaboom4's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

jacquelineganun's review against another edition

5.0

this book is real good. i finished it in a day because i couldn't put it down. please read it

asweettoothedvampire's review against another edition

I started reading it and less than one page in there was grammar issues and spelling issues. I skimmed ahead to see if it got better and not even 3 pages later there was hitting a dog due to annoyance. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal cruelty

paroof's review against another edition

3.0

Disappointing. It was a decent premise, but just not executed very well in my opinion. The best part, by far, was the talking dog.

mailenlovesreading's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

3.75

Throughout this book I was thinking; “the dog better not die”, and of course the dog died. Wtf :(

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All in all, this book wasn’t too boring but I didn’t love it. It was very repetitive.

They would run, Aaron would find them, they’d fight him and gravely injure him (seriously, why was Aaron indestructible) and run away again only for him/the Army to catch up to them again.

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Along with this, the big reveal about Prentisstown’s past was a bit underwhelming, but I liked how since Todd doesn’t know how to read properly he spells some words wrong like “shun” instead of “tion”. 

I will continue reading the series, hopefully it gets better.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit, Grief, and War

Minor: Sexism, Death of parent, and Colonisation

stud_muffin_teehee's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious relaxing 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

5.0

very easy read and an original concept. must read the full trilogy to get the full story

emilia_ds's review against another edition

Everything about this booo put me off. The language, the misspellings, the way literally NOTHING was explained. 
The book was just continued as if I was supposed to understand everything. 
I hate the main character, it’s so hard to connect with him.
I found it really hard to connect with this book from the very first page, I cannot for the life on me carry on further.

butteryanh's review against another edition

3.0

This book scares the shit out of me...

kjvonende's review against another edition

tense medium-paced

3.25

lloople's review against another edition

5.0

Me regalaron esta trilogía después de ver la película protagonizada por Tom Holland. La idea de la película me gustó y, como siempre dicen que el libro supera la adaptación cinematográfica, expresé mi deseo de leerlos.

No me arrepiento en absoluto. Aún siendo literatura juvenil al más puro estilo Los Juegos del Hambre y otros tantos que se han puesto de moda en los últimos veinte años, encuentro que este mundo es mucho más interesante y la historia de desarrolla a un ritmo que le da más emoción. Sin duda un gran concepto para la ciencia ficción que el autor explora casi en su totalidad entre los tres libros. Aún así, dejar incógnitas sobre el fenómeno en el que se basa la construcción del mundo creo que enriquerece más la experiencia en comparación a si lo supiéramos todo.