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Sarah (7798 KP) rated The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking #1) in Books

Mar 2, 2019

The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking #1)

Patrick Ness | 2008 | Children, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Young Adult (YA)

7.9

(16 Ratings)

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Had potential

I think my main issue with this book is that it's a YA book and you can tell it has been written for a younger audience. With some YA books, you really can't tell they've been made for younger people. But with this one with Todd as the protagonist and despite some serious subjects being raised, it still feels too childish and simplified.

Todd is likeable as the main character but irritating at the same time with some of his thought processes and tantrum like stubborn moments. The rest of the characters aside from Aaron and Viola are barely fleshed out and touched upon because of how quickly the plot jumps from place to place. The plot itself has a good idea with the Noise, but it isn't always well executed. The entire time is spent constantly running from place to place and getting foiled by othet characters. It reminds me a little of The Maze Runner series, where the later books always allow the characters to find something out or do something but then immediately foil them with a twist. It gets a little irritating.

This isn't a bad book and it is a fairly enjoyable and easy read. It does have potential and has intrigued me enough to read the next in the series at least, but maybe ignore the negatives.

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Erika (17788 KP) Mar 2, 2019

I almost bought this the entire series of books during a Christmas sale, based on your review, it seems like it's definitely a borrow from the library-type book.

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Sarah (7798 KP) Mar 2, 2019

You may like it a lot more than I did! I'd base it on the Maze Runner series - if you really liked that then you'd probably really like these.

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Sarah (7798 KP) rated Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018) in Movies

Aug 2, 2018

Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)

2018 | Action, Adventure, Thriller

8.0

(83 Ratings)

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They keep getting better

The Mission Impossible films seem to always keep doing the impossible - they keep getting better and better, which is so unusual for sequels.

This has a very long run time, but its so entertaining and interesting that you can't tell it's been on for nearly 3 hours. The plot is intriguing with lots of twists and turns, although some of these twists were slightly predictable and/or spoilt by the trailers. The action and stunts are fantastic, it's nice to see action sequences that don't rely on shaky camera to mask any dodgy choreography. Great cast and one of the few films where I can actually tolerate (and even like) Tom Cruise.

I do have a few minor criticisms. Some areas of the plot are almost verging on the unbelievable, and some character motivations are a little weak or aren't explained very well. I also wish it didn't quite rely on certain action film cliches (I.e. defusing a bomb at the last second).

My viewing of this film was spoilt quite a lot by a large amount of noise in the cinema, so I really need a repeat (quiet) viewing to really appreciate it a little more and potentially mark it a bit higher. But it still was a very good, high quality action film - the best I've seen in a while.