The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking, #1) in SpecFic Buddy Reads

Mar 14, 2016 Bradley rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2016-shelf, sci-fi, ya

This was surprisingly good and easy novel to get into with a decent SF premise of settlers on an alien world and a genetic plague that reads like any number of YA dystopias, but what makes this one stand apart from all the rest is the twist on psi mind-reading and the Purpose behind the main action.

No spoilers, but there was enough delayed satisfaction going on throughout the novel to keep any jaded reader turning the page. :)

Did I like the characters? Yeah, for the most part, but Todd reads pre ...more

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Apr 07, 2016 Lindsay rated it really liked it

This is another one of these YA blockbusters that one more review really isn't going to add much, so I'll keep it brief.

This is the story of Todd Hewitt, a boy about to become a man, in a world where every man is chaos walking. In this human colony world all men are uncontrollable broadcast telepaths producing what's called Noise. Todd only knows that about men, because in the town where he lives there are no women. The women were struck down by biological warfare with the native intelligent spe ...more

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Jun 09, 2015 Christina Pilkington rated it really liked it

*4.5

UPDATE: I reread this book with my kids after I learned about the movie coming out later this year. I'm settling on the same rating as before. We loved the world building and writing style of the story. Ness does a fantastic job of perfectly aligning his characters with their voice on the page. He creates such beautiful passages!

This would have been a five star read, but the plot situations became a little too repetitive. With a little more tightening of the plot, this would have been an am *4.5

UPDATE: I reread this book with my kids after I learned about the movie coming out later this year. I'm settling on the same rating as before. We loved the world building and writing style of the story. Ness does a fantastic job of perfectly aligning his characters with their voice on the page. He creates such beautiful passages!

This would have been a five star read, but the plot situations became a little too repetitive. With a little more tightening of the plot, this would have been an amazing YA dystopian read. We are very excited to read on in the trilogy very soon!

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This was one of the most unique dystopian YA books I have ever read. Actually it's a cross between dystopian and science fiction. The blending of those two genres worked well to create a story that was unique and different.

I've heard reviewers state that the writing style and dialect choices of the author are difficult and annoying to read. I didn't find this to be the case at all.In fact, the stream of conscious structure of the prose, for me at least, made the story easy and fast to read. I usually don't like reading first person POV, but in this case, I don't see how it could have been written any other way. The story told from Todd's POV showed how living in a world where your thoughts,and the thoughts of those around you, are easily heard by everyone else would be frustrating, confusing and often scary. The jumbled way Todd has of thinking and speaking clearly reflect his way of processing all the mysteries and revelations that are thrown at him.

The first half of the book was a clear 5 stars for me. The book started off strong: lots of mysteries to be revealed, lots of questions that I had that drove my reading. The themes and ideas brought up were intriguing, too. The last half of the book was good, too, but at times there was a lot of running around and the element of mystery and suspense was just a little lower for me at those points.

But overall I really enjoyed this book a lot and am looking forward to reading the sequel soon. ...more

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Jul 03, 2016 Liam || Books 'n Beards rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: audio, 2016, science-fiction, library

Loved this when I read it last year, and as read by Humphrey Bower it is even more fantastic. Great narration.

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Sep 21, 2015 Linda rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2016, audio

I have mixed feelings about this book - loved the settlers looking for a better life aspect, along with the mysterious "noise" that affects only men, but I was less keen on the religious preachy side of the story.

I give the story itself 3 stars, but the audio (narrated by Nick Podehl) was excellent. I'll give Book 2 a try and see if I want to continue with the series. ...more

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Sep 10, 2018 Aqsa marked it as tbr-soon

Shelves: recommended-to-me

Recommended by Fares and Warda ...more

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May 13, 2016 Lata rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: sf-f-h, x2016-read

Phew! Tense story, and believable main characters. And a good example of how dogma/religion coupled with a lack of education creates a dangerous people/situations.

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Jun 06, 2014 Liam || Books 'n Beards rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: science-fiction, young-adult, owned-books, library, 2014, bought-2014

Goddamnit.

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Oct 18, 2010 Amber (Books of Amber) rated it really liked it · review of another edition

4.5 XD Full review here: http://www.booksofamber.com/2012/08/t...

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An older book, that every one of you has probably read already, but I wanted to share my thoughts on it. This ...more

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