The Knife of Never Letting Go
2008 • 497 pages
Ratings99
Average rating3.9
15
Ratings99
Average rating3.9
An unflinching novel about the impossible choices of growing up, by an award-winning writer.Imagine you're the only boy in a town of men. And you can hear everything they think. And they can hear everything you think. Imagine you don't fit in with their plans... Todd Hewitt is just one month away from the birthday that will make him a man. But his town has been keeping secrets from him. Secrets that are going to force him to run...
Series
3 primary books6 released booksChaos Walking is a 6-book series with 3 primary works first released in 2008 with contributions by Patrick Ness.
Reviews with the most likes.
This was okay. I was invested, it's a great study of “make everything terrible and then make it worse” and upping stakes and there was definitely lots of effective tension and action throughout, not to mention the voice and premise are absolutely unique.
But IDK. As a trans person, I'm not really an enormous fan of stories whose entire premise relies on how different boys are from girls and vice versa. There were some things I certainly appreciated about this book, but the gender stuff kind of killed it for me. YMMV.
Re-read (November 2020): This book is still so effing good. The part with Todd's mother's book makes me tear up everytime.
I've never been so GLAD to see the end of a book. I wanted to just quit several times, but I stuck with it, hoping it would get better. Sadly, it did not. Needless to say, I will NOT be reading the other two books in the trilogy.
Featured Prompt
105 booksTell us how you got into reading, what or who inspired you. Was it a book you read one day, a mentor, teacher? etc...
Featured Prompt
42 booksMemorable characters can leave an impression as long as the story or plot. What characters stand out to you the most? These could be characters who you were able to identify with, ones that inspire...
