A review by harrisonp30
The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness

DNF after about 80 pages



What. The. Crap.
I have been wanting to read this book for about 2 years now. The library in our town is closing because of COVID so I decided to stockpile a ton of books, this being one of them.
Right of the bat this book starts with a dog talking about poop. Gross, but I can deal with it. Then I figure out that this book is doing a cuz/thru kinda thing and ew but I can deal with that too I guess. THEN TODD STARTS ABUSING HIS DOG like 5 pages in!!! And the dog says ow Todd ow. It’s awful!! And literally nobody cares like y’all he literally smacks him repeatedly on his leg and his bottom.

Okay I decided I would push a bit more and we get some unbearable cringe such as this quote-

“You can eff off, too” I say, except I don’t say “eff” I say what “eff” stands for

No. Stop. After a bit more pushing we have this gem of a word- GAS STAYSHUN literally spelled like that.


Why must you hurt me in this way >:(
y’all pay attention (attenshun) if you are an animal abuser you might enjoy this book, other wise SKIPPPPP