The Knife of Never Letting Go
by Patrick Ness
Taste attributes: science fictionadventureteenactionimaginarysimplelinearenclosedemotive & stirringrescue/escape/jeopardycoming of ageall consuming quest
Boxlist takeOtherworldly and stirring: a science-fiction novel that is balanced on everything else. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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4.2 / 5
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About This Book
An unflinching novel about the impossible choices of growing up, by an award-winning writer.Imagine you're the only boy in a town of men. And you can hear everything they think. And they can hear everything you think. Imagine you don't fit in with their plans... Todd Hewitt is just one month away from the birthday that will make him a man. But his town has been keeping secrets from him.
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- Author
- Patrick Ness
- Published
- 2008
- Pages
- 496
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- Open Library
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