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A Chaos Walking short story to read with The Ask and the Answer.This moving Chaos …
Sheds a bit light on the relationship between Spackles and Human Beings. Curious what will come out of it.
Prentisstown isn't like other towns. Everyone can hear everyone else's thoughts in a constant, overwhelming …
Just finished "The Ask and the Answer", the second installment in Patrick Ness’s Chaos Walking trilogy.
What begins as a coming-of-age narrative—retaining that core—unfolds into a harrowing dystopian tale, evoking the chilling atmosphere of "The Handmaid’s Tale", yet with even more brutal stakes. The story confronts a world shaped by male fantasies of power, control, and the systematic oppression and eradication of others.
What’s most unsettling is how prescient the book feels, published in 2009 yet echoing today’s geopolitical and nationalistic currents. It lays bare the terrifying logic of dictatorship and the extremes of authoritarian ambition.
While the final pages revert to a more typical young adult tone, I’m eager to see how the trilogy concludes in "Monsters of Men".
Just finished "The Ask and the Answer", the second installment in Patrick Ness’s Chaos Walking trilogy.
What begins as a coming-of-age narrative—retaining that core—unfolds into a harrowing dystopian tale, evoking the chilling atmosphere of "The Handmaid’s Tale", yet with even more brutal stakes. The story confronts a world shaped by male fantasies of power, control, and the systematic oppression and eradication of others.
What’s most unsettling is how prescient the book feels, published in 2009 yet echoing today’s geopolitical and nationalistic currents. It lays bare the terrifying logic of dictatorship and the extremes of authoritarian ambition.
While the final pages revert to a more typical young adult tone, I’m eager to see how the trilogy concludes in "Monsters of Men".
In this dramatic short story -- a prequel to the award-winning Chaos Walking Trilogy -- …
nice background story
In this dramatic short story -- a prequel to the award-winning Chaos Walking Trilogy -- author Patrick Ness gives us …
In this dramatic short story -- a prequel to the award-winning Chaos Walking Trilogy -- …
A short story best to be read between „The Knife of Letting Go“ and „“The Ask and the Answer“ (Book 1 and 2 of the Chaos Walking Triology).
Prentisstown isn't like other towns. Everyone can hear everyone else's thoughts in a constant, overwhelming …
Just finished Book 1 of the Chaos Walking trilogy, "The Knife of Never Letting Go".
It’s a YA read built around a fascinating (and honestly exhausting) premise: in this world, you hear everyone’s thoughts. All the time. No off-switch. And following the constant “Noise” of an almost-13-year-old boy? Let’s just say… it’s an experience.
More often than not, I found myself frustrated—by the impulsive decisions, the bravado, the messy swirls of teenage “manliness.” But that’s also what makes the book feel so real. As the story itself puts it: “Men are Chaos walking.”
And after finishing this, I can’t help but agree.
It ends with a massive cliffhanger.
Just finished Book 1 of the Chaos Walking trilogy, "The Knife of Never Letting Go".
It’s a YA read built around a fascinating (and honestly exhausting) premise: in this world, you hear everyone’s thoughts. All the time. No off-switch. And following the constant “Noise” of an almost-13-year-old boy? Let’s just say… it’s an experience.
More often than not, I found myself frustrated—by the impulsive decisions, the bravado, the messy swirls of teenage “manliness.” But that’s also what makes the book feel so real. As the story itself puts it: “Men are Chaos walking.”
And after finishing this, I can’t help but agree.
It ends with a massive cliffhanger.
The Department Q series comes to a thrilling conclusion when the team must turn inward …
Content warning The mole, and loose ends.
Somehow, Bente Hansen suddenly became the main suspect — and I actually went back a few chapters to see if I’d missed something. But no, there were no hints or build-up, not in this book or any of the previous ones. It felt abrupt, almost random. I even suspected Marcus Jacobson before Carl suddenly decided, “It’s Bente.” Then there are the loose ends — Wayne? Femke? They simply disappear, leaving too many unanswered questions with the potential to revive them in future stories. It’s such a pity, because I’ve loved the overarching storyline since Book 1, and the potential here felt unfulfilled. That said, I’m too invested to quit now. I’ll definitely be picking up Book 11 next year — but for now, I think I need something completely different to read.
On her 60th birthday, a woman takes her own life. When the case lands on Detective Carl Mørck's desk, he …
The newspaper refers to the dead body only as Victim 2117 - the two thousand, one hundred and seventeenth refugee …
In a Copenhagen park the body of an elderly woman is discovered. The case bears …
Liked it. It was in so far different that not the cold case was focussed on but the current cases that might or might not be linked to the cold case.
Also, learned something about Rose’s history.
n the middle of a hard-won morning nap in the basement of police headquarters, Carl …
Content warning not a specific spoiler but about the end of the culprits in the books
After feeling a bit let down by the previous two books in the series, I was pleasantly surprised by how gripping this one turned out to be—it truly had me hooked!
That said, one thing that continues to bother me about the series is how the culprits’ stories end. Their fates often feel a bit underwhelming—either they escape, or meet their end in a way that’s surprisingly uneventful, or sometimes both. Considering how dark and brutal their actions often are, I find myself wishing for a more fitting resolution—something that really delivers a sense of justice.
Over three years ago, a Danish civil servant vanished after returning from a work trip to Africa. Missing, presumed dead, …
Over three years ago, a Danish civil servant vanished after returning from a work trip …
Well, that book of the series took me some time to read. It was more of a book about Marco (another title of the book is called The Marco Effekt) than a book about Department Q.
A weird and - at least for myself - not satisfying ending is something all of these books have in common.
Still a great thriller to read if you like the on-the-run scenario.
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Nete Rosen thought she'd put her traumatic youth behind her. Her caring foster parents and loving husband helped …
