A review by chaotic_calm
Chaos Walking: The Complete Trilogy by Patrick Ness

5.0

I really did love this series. It's more a 4.5 for me. It's true that the first is the best, cascading down, and although the third book was tiresome in parts it also didn't totally dissappoint me with tropes I expected from a YA novel. The third book definately gave itself a difficult task of trying to write from the perspective of the indigenous population that had no language, and there are definately some questionable plotholes within that story. But WHAT a story. It felt original. It felt raw. It felt real (ish), no one was all good, no one all bad (sorta) the all bad were mad which is maybe predictable. I liked the love between Todd and Viola being mostly about sacrifice and loyalty. I like that it was unspoken for most the book. I really was sad about Todd at the end and relieved (but felt the cliche) that he came back. Honestly I wanted to keep going in their world.