The Knife of Never Letting Go
By Patrick Ness
There are no women in Prentisstown.
Todd will be a man on his thirteenth birthday, it's in a month. But
before he finds out what being a man is, his guardians tell him to
run away. All of the men of Prentisstown are after him, and none of
it is explained to Todd. He has no idea why. Then he runs into a
girl. A real girl.
Whew. Well. I wanted so badly to like
this book. The language took some time to get used to. The voice of
Todd is unique. This slowed my initial absorption into the book.
Not sure what it was, but I just
couldn't love it. Todd was a reasonable enough character, so were all
the secondary characters. What proved tough was the length. I fear
this book succumbed to plot-dragging. Perhaps, it would've moved
faster with passages cut out and less inner monologues of Todd coming
to terms with the reality of the world he's in.
It is sci-fi, however, it has the feel
of a western. Pioneers on a new planet, guns and horses. I will be
trying the second book.
3/5 STARS
Classroom: Too long to be used in the
classroom.
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