Not the pat, tied-in-a-bow finale YA so often presents. Book one is from Todd’s perspective book two alternates between Todd’s POV and Viola’s book three adds in a third voice (but I’m not saying whose!). What’s better than a bad guy that might not be fully bad? When teenagers liked each other, it was out of deep respect and appreciation for each other, not silly, fluffy, he/she-is-so-hot-that-I’m-melting nonsense.
That said, it made everything seem so much deeper. The romance elements not only took a backseat in this series, they took the waaaay backseat– like in a 15-passenger van. I felt like they accurately showed just how much gray area there is no matter how desperately we want things to be black and white. * The books were incredibly thought-provoking. As this is a spoiler-free review, all I will say is that it ends with another huge, unapologetic cliffhanger.Īgain, I don’t want to give anything away, but let’s just say that the war being fought in book two adds in another side. Our protagonist is Todd Hewitt, on the verge of manhood and about to discover the dark secrets of his small town’s past, as he desperately attempts to out-run an army.īook two, though, is when it gets really, really good. The first book was a wild ride as I tried to situate myself on New World, the planet now inhabited by human settlers, a planet where men’s thoughts (their “Noise”) is audible. I really loved it and thought I’d share with you the reasons why. I just finished gobbling up the Chaos Walking trilogy, written by Patrick Ness.
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