The Knife of Never Letting Go - Patrick Ness

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Title: The Knife of Never Letting Go
Author: Patrick Ness
Genre: Sci-fi, dystopian
Rating: 3.5/5
# pages: 485
Date read: October, 2010

Todd Hewitt is the last boy in Prentisstown.

But Prentisstown isn't like other towns. Everyone can hear everyone else'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...

This was very, very different from what I had expected, and unfortunately not as good as I had expected, for a variety of reasons.

First of all, the plot wasn't what I thought it would be. That's hardly the fault of the book, but still affected my reading experience.

Secondly, I didn't care much for the writing style. It got better as I went along and got more used to it, but still really annoyed me in places, and made me feel disconnected to the characters.

Thirdly, the end really bugged me. I won't say more in order to avoid spoilers, but will just leave it at that it employed one of my biggest pet peeves.

Had it not been for the end, I would probably have given this 4 stars, because it did keep me interested, and I was constantly intrigued by what would happen next. One thing it does have going for it, is that it is definitely a book that'll keep you guessing!