Tuesday 28 May 2013

The Knife of Never Letting Go review





The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking, #1)Todd Hewitt is the last boy in Prentisstown.
But Prentisstown isn't like other towns. Everyone can hear everyone's  thoughts in a constant,overwhelming never-ending Noise. There is no privacy. There are no secrets.

Or are there?
Just one month away from the birthday that will make him a man,Todd unexpectedly stumbles upon a spot of complete silence. Which is impossible. Prentisstown has been lying to him. And now he's going to have to run...

The Knife of Never Letting Go is a good book with the message don't believe everything you hear. Todd is the last boy in Prentisstown. and he can't wait to become a man at the age of thirteen. All the women have been destroyed by the Spackle and there is only men left. That's what Todd thinks anyway. The truth couldn't be more different.

There is character development in this which is good in my books(no pun intended). This book is dark and grim and should never be read in the dark. Todd, the main male character, is likeable and serious when he should be but also cracks a joke from time to time. Viola,the main female character, landed because of a crash landing in a spaceship and Viola is stuck on Earth for seven months. At first i thought this idea didn't really fit in with the book but as I read the book it gradually made more sense in the universe that Ness created.

The villains are despicable. The villains are definitely the most baddest(for lack of a better word) villains in all the books that I read. The main villain is this book is Aaron and he gets what he deserves. The book is setting up the villain for the next book which will be the Mayor of Prentisstown.     

Some bits feel rushed like the fork bit ,others feel slow paced like the quest for water.

4/5

Next review The city of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau


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