This book is creepy and sad in equal turns, and I read through the whole thing without putting it down once. I was pretty much a wreck by the end. “There is not always a good guy. Nor is there always a bad one. Most people are somewhere in between.” Some neat backstory on this one: an author named Siobhan Dowd came up with the original concept, and discussed it with Patrick Ness. When her death prevented completion of the project, Ness took the idea […]
Who would want to be the chosen one anyway?
My recommendation for The Rest of Us Just Live Here also came from that “awesome first lines” list (which must have been YA focused, now that I think of it). I’ve only ever read Patrick Ness’s Chaos Walking series, which I loved up until the ending. But I went with this one based on its great premise, and I’m happy to say it delivered! “CHAPTER THE FIRST, in which the Messenger of the Immortals arrives in a surprising shape, looking for a permanent Vessell; and after being chased by […]
A peace that blacked yer eye, a peace that split yer lip.
I think there are two ways to write about a not-first book in a series or trilogy: short and vague to avoid spoilers, or not. I’m gonna go with door number two because it’s impossible to write about this book without spoiling the resolution to the cliffhanger at the end of book one. So… If you don’t want to know what happens to Viola… … … … … … … … … Still here? Okay. This book just […]
Ow, Todd?
This book had me like… And then… And then… You know what part. If you’ve read it, you know exactly what part that one is for, and that’s all I’m going to say about that. I don’t even know what to say about this book. It is everything I’m not usually into: there are fantasy elements, long journeys through rough terrain, a boy and his dog – fine stuff, but totally not my thing. It somehow wound up on my Goodreads to-read list, and I […]
A clever, yet ANGSTY young adult
So someone in CBRVII quite liked this one, and as a sucker for a good young adult I was game. At least I thought I was a sucker for good young adult, but finally, with this one I might have to admit that I can’t handle the angst anymore. This is the story of siblings Mikey, Mel and their friends. In their little rural town in Washington things go weird at the high school, but it’s not their concern. They’re not the heroes, but side […]
“It’s not the mistakes I made but how I responded to them”
I’ve spent a good amount of time with Todd, Viola and the people of New World over the last month or so. I’m sad to see the end of the series (presumably…is Ness writing a fourth?), but I’m even sadder that I didn’t particularly enjoy this third installment — certainly not as much as the first two. “A monster, I think, remembering what Ben told me once. War makes Monsters of Men.” In the third novel, the book focuses mostly on war: the Spackle vs. the […]
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