(Chaos Walking, book 1)
Monday, June 18, 2012
YA - The Knife of Never Letting Go
by Patrick Ness, 2009
(Chaos Walking, book 1)
"Todd Hewitt is the only boy in a town of men. Ever since the settlers
were infected with the Noise germ, Todd can hear everything the men
think, and they hear everything he thinks. Todd is just a month away
from becoming a man, but in the midst of the cacophony, he knows that
the town is hiding something from him -- something so awful Todd is
forced to flee with only his dog, whose simple, loyal voice he hears
too. With hostile men from the town in pursuit, the two stumble upon a
strange and eerily silent creature: a girl. Who is she? Why wasn't she
killed by the germ like all the females on New World? Propelled by
Todd's gritty narration, readers are in for a white-knuckle journey in
which a boy on the cusp of manhood must unlearn everything he knows in
order to figure out who he truly is."
(Chaos Walking, book 1)
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Oh. My. Word. This was so intense and different from other books I've read! I went onto Wikipedia to find out how the rest of the series goes. The suspense is too much! It was both horrifying and fascinating. When I first started it, I wasn't sure of the setting - Earth or somewhere else? When? What the heck? But the intensity of this story compelled me to keep going. I cried. I wanted the protagonists to kill Aaron. I do NOT want to read the rest of the series - too intense!
ReplyDeleteImagine a dystopian society on another planet called New World. It’s similar to Earth but in the sky are 2 moons. And there are no women—they were killed by a germ about 10 years ago. The same germ left the men able to hear each other’s thoughts. It’s a never-ending stream of noise: no quiet or privacy or secrets. Even animals have noise but they don’t have much to say. Such an intriguing story line! The author says “Information is absolutely everywhere today—texts and e-mails and messaging—so much it feels like you can’t get away from it.” Gives us an idea of what it would be like if there was too much information out there about yourself and your thoughts. The running and action chase scenes and the kids in a position to have to kill or be killed...very similar to the heart-racing reading in The Hunger Games!
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