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CHAOS WALKING TRILOGY – PATRICK NESS

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The Knife of Never Letting Go follows ‘almost a man’ Todd Hewitt who lives in a futuristic space colony on new earth, called Prentisstown. There are no women in Prentisstown due to an alien virus that killed the women and left the men with an irreversible ability, being able to here/see everyone’s thoughts (even the animals) called noise. But all this changes when Todd finds a hole in the ever constant noise. A black spot, nothing. Its peaceful silence is alluring to Todd but also so very dangerous, as the noise reveals Todd’s find.

Todd’s world is tipped on its head and he is thrown into a high paced adventure for survival.

Now I’m not going to spoil this anymore because this book series is a MUST. I was fortunate enough to be able to study the Knife of Never Letting Go in English for year 11 and fell in love (so much so that I finished the entire series in under a month). Patrick Ness’s style of writing is inviting to all audiences, as it is an easy read but is so well written that it allures audiences from all ages and walks of life (my English teacher even though she has studied it for years still quotes this as one of her favourite series). From the first page in the book it captures you; and not for the reason you would think. Now I’m going to give you a spoiler for that... POO!

There are just so many mountains of words I would love to spit out about these books, but there is an infinite amount... so here‘s just a few – intelligent, provocative, troubling, humanistic, mystical, charming, educated, cunning, elegant, humorous, witty, imaginative, balanced, energetic, lovable, striking, addictive, charismatic, engaging, enchanting, fanciful, gripping... ok... so it wasn’t a few, but just one more – memorable.

Now if my word vomit hasn’t convinced you to give them a squiz, maybe a critical evaluation? Maybe a review? I’m not sure but here’s something else. This series gave me that feelings of the ‘Hunger Games’, ‘Divergent’, ‘Maze runner’ and many more effective dystopia novels, do you remember that feeling? That indescribable feeling, every page bringing new revelations, the intricate details that seemed so pointless when first read but now you can’t see the book without them? That is this series.

Just give it a go.