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A review by gunte4919
The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
0.25
This unrelenting tragedy was the worst book I’ve read in years. I’m passionate about ensuring others know they can put this book down because it doesn’t get better.
- the protagonist complains so frequently it is so incredibly annoying. He has no redeeming qualities and doesn’t do a single nice thing in this book. He is the most un redeaming character in the world. He is either a huge wuss or an insane sadist. He could’ve solved all the problems could’ve been solved if he just put his pride aside. This was 8 hours of my life I want back. You will get tricked into thinking it will maybe turn a corner and it won’t.
- why don’t certain people die in this book? They just keep coming back and it’s so exhausting.
- can anything good or even neutral happen? It is one soul crushing event after another.
- this is a 400 page chase sequence. The characters don’t talk or get to know each other.
- none of your questions get answered. The only reason I finished it is because the person I was listening to it with wanted to see if it got better and we wanted answers to the questions brought up in the first few chapters. Just know you don’t get answers.
- the only like able character was the
dog.
<Spoiler>Viola should have left long ago.
-why doesn’t this illiterate fool have the girl read the book???
-a crocodile would kill you. Are you kidding me? They have no medical care to fix that injury.
- the multi chapter fever dream is just so played out.
- he killed the only innocent thing because it was weaker than him.
The dog dies.
- the protagonist complains so frequently it is so incredibly annoying. He has no redeeming qualities and doesn’t do a single nice thing in this book. He is the most un redeaming character in the world. He is either a huge wuss or an insane sadist. He could’ve solved all the problems could’ve been solved if he just put his pride aside. This was 8 hours of my life I want back. You will get tricked into thinking it will maybe turn a corner and it won’t.
- why don’t certain people die in this book? They just keep coming back and it’s so exhausting.
- can anything good or even neutral happen? It is one soul crushing event after another.
- this is a 400 page chase sequence. The characters don’t talk or get to know each other.
- none of your questions get answered. The only reason I finished it is because the person I was listening to it with wanted to see if it got better and we wanted answers to the questions brought up in the first few chapters. Just know you don’t get answers.
- the only like able character was the
dog.
<Spoiler>Viola should have left long ago.
-why doesn’t this illiterate fool have the girl read the book???
-a crocodile would kill you. Are you kidding me? They have no medical care to fix that injury.
- the multi chapter fever dream is just so played out.
- he killed the only innocent thing because it was weaker than him.
The dog dies.