Comments on: Review: The Ask and the Answer by Patrick Ness

By: Bart

Bart — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:19:07 +0000

Thanks! 100 pages from the end, eh? I’ll listen for the scream then!

By: shanda

shanda — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:20:13 +0000

Wow, that was a beautifully written review. I am 100 pages from finishing this darn book and agree with everything you wrote, and you clarified it in such an amazing way.

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By: Louise

Louise — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:23:19 +0000

I just finished it and had to check your review. My own will be up in a day or two, and I’ll post the link here. But much as I LOVED the TKONLG, I was much less thrilled with TAATA…but definitely still going to read # 3.

By: Bart

Bart — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:21:07 +0000

Intense is probably an understatement!

By: Celia

Celia — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:02:45 +0000

I loved your line at the end of the review, “this does everything that a book should do, grip you, burn itself into your imagination…” That’s so perfect. I haven’t read this one, but it’s waiting. I just finished The Knife of Never Letting Go, and I feel like I need a bit of down time before I go on to the next. Ness’ writing is so flipping intense…a lot to stomach at once.
Wonderful review! (and thanks for going spoiler-free!)

By: Bart

Bart — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:57:37 +0000

It’s certainly an exhausting experience to read! (But one I wouldn’t miss!)

I’m trying not to think about how long until book 3!

By: Valentina

Valentina — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:51:17 +0000

“It grabs hold, screws with every emotion you have, chews you up, guts out your insides, and spits you out the other end. Leaving you an empty gibbering husk of a reader. And you know what? You eagerly go back for more!”

so true! I was holding my breath all the time. If it had been a movie I would have watched it through my hands, trying to hide from the horrible bits. But no matter how heart-wrenching, it was impossible to move away from it…it’s probably going to be my favourite read of the year, even more than Knife…

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 08:34:22 +0000

Oh man. I finished The Knife of Never Letting Go last week. It almost killed me. And yet, that didn’t stop me from requesting this one from the library!! I just picked it up!! I may wait a week or so to start, but I have a feeling I’ll have the same love/hate I had for the first one. I loved it….and yet it tore at my heart.