A review by halcy
The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness

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

4.0

felt very attached to the characters very quickly, made me cry, made me laugh, good book.

i love the emphasis Ness conveys through his writing with repetition, well placed line ends, etc.. i think there was a very good balance of world building where i could always picture the scene well but never felt like skipping to the end of the paragraph bc i was bored. big fan of the way Ness gave next to no descriptions of the characters (with the exception of Aaron’s body horror), i personally pictured Viola as a black girl and i was worried there would be a description later in the book that would mess up that image but it just never came up. last thing, i don’t know if this changes in the next books but i loved that there was no romance between Todd and Viola. i think that would have been entirely unnecessary and weird to be frank (the movie cough cough). i loved the bond they grew and some strange child-romance would have felt very americanly forced. but yes, good book 

rest in peace Manchee you were a darn good dog
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