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This book has reached its expiration so I have taken it off my shelves.

The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking, #1) by Patrick Ness

December 23, 2022 by narfna 4 Comments

Not for me, I’m sure it was great. (Or was it???) I might have liked this if it was still 2009. It seriously felt like time-traveling back to when I thought I liked dystopias, and when they were everywhere. Also, I just don’t think this author is for me. I read another book from him a couple years ago and also didn’t care about it very much. This is a YA sci-fi/dystopia about a boy and his dog who live in a place where there […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: #Science Fiction, chaos walking, Dystopian, narfna, Patrick Ness, sci-fi, The Knife of Never Letting Go, YA, Young Adult

narfna's CBR14 Review No:222 · Genres: Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: #Science Fiction, chaos walking, Dystopian, narfna, Patrick Ness, sci-fi, The Knife of Never Letting Go, YA, Young Adult ·
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  • narfna
    on “It was like reading a book, she decided. You read the book and the words became scenes, the characters became people and they lived inside you.”
    You're so right about the POV/narrative switch character, although I had the opposite reaction in that I was relieved to...
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    This sounds like a worthwhile book. That learning to be kind to yourself thing is a process.
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    Thank you for the review! I've been trying to find an English copy of the book, yet I cannot succeed....
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    I will not add it to my TBR pile then. LOL. Already have way too many books.
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