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A review by tiffanyc
Chaos Walking: A Trilogy by Patrick Ness
5.0
There's no better feeling than when you finish a book and you no you have a favourite in your hands. I enjoyed these books immensely. As soon as I finished it I felt more motivated to read more fantasy type genres. I felt more brave, and it's all down to this.
It flowed easily and surprisingly I read this quite quickly, the story just hooked me in and I couldn't put it down. The general idea of the story is effectively simple. A boy lives in a town of men and no women. A town where all men can hear the thoughts of one another, including the thoughts of animals. The story goes further, delves into things that I wasn't expecting, it had some of the most powerful themes of humanity, friendship, identity, violence and war.
Patrick Ness doesn't just write characters, he gives them a voice. Todd has a very specific way of speaking with certain words spelled differently giving this character an accent. Ness continues this and doesn't lose touch of it despite the growing development of Todd's character, down to the very last book. Ness manages to differentiate each voice when the POV changes. Todd felt real, and his connections with other characters felt real. It read like a movie.
It flowed easily and surprisingly I read this quite quickly, the story just hooked me in and I couldn't put it down. The general idea of the story is effectively simple. A boy lives in a town of men and no women. A town where all men can hear the thoughts of one another, including the thoughts of animals. The story goes further, delves into things that I wasn't expecting, it had some of the most powerful themes of humanity, friendship, identity, violence and war.
Patrick Ness doesn't just write characters, he gives them a voice. Todd has a very specific way of speaking with certain words spelled differently giving this character an accent. Ness continues this and doesn't lose touch of it despite the growing development of Todd's character, down to the very last book. Ness manages to differentiate each voice when the POV changes. Todd felt real, and his connections with other characters felt real. It read like a movie.