The Ask and the Answer, Patrick Ness
The Ask and the Answer, Patrick Ness
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The Ask and the Answer

Author: Patrick Ness

Narrator: Angela Dawe, Nick Podehl

Unabridged: 12 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/28/2010

Synopsis

The riveting Chaos Walking trilogy by two-time Carnegie Medalist Patrick Ness.“Grim and beautifully written. . . . Superb. . . . This is among the best YA science fiction novels of the year.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review)Reaching the end of their flight in The Knife of Never Letting Go, Todd and Viola did not find healing and hope in Haven. They found instead their worst enemy, Mayor Prentiss, waiting to welcome them to New Prentisstown. There they are forced into separate lives: Todd to prison, and Viola to a house of healing where her wounds are treated. Soon Viola is swept into the ruthless activities of the Answer, while Todd faces impossible choices when forced to join the mayor’s oppressive new regime. In alternating narratives the two struggle to reconcile their own dubious actions with their deepest beliefs. Torn by confusion and compromise, suspicion and betrayal, can their trust in each other possibly survive?

About Patrick Ness

Patrick Ness is the author of the bestselling and critically acclaimed Chaos Walking trilogy, the prize-winning novel A Monster Calls, and More Than This. He has won numerous awards, including the Carnegie Medal (twice), the Galaxy National Book Award, the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize, the Costa Children’s Book Award, the Booktrust Teenage Prize, the Red House Children’s Book Award, and the UKLA Book Award. He lives in London.

Reviews

Goodreads review by karen on July 07, 2018

okay, so i loved the knife of never letting go but this one was somehow even better. oh, jeez, i am afraid i am just going to write a gushing fangirl review here. does anyone mind? i will try to avoid saying anything too specific, because this book is such a gem, i want everyone to sort of discover it......more

Goodreads review by Emily May on January 27, 2019

This stunning sequel to The Knife Of Never Letting Go manages to measure up to its predecessor in a way I never thought possible. After reading the first book, I felt sure that Ness would be incapable of delivering something equally brilliant. But he did. This is an even more important book than part......more

Goodreads review by Charlotte on April 17, 2018

"So, who are you then, Todd Hewitt?" He says. "What makes you so special?" Now that, I think, is a very good asking." What a crazy ending! I enjoyed this one a lot more than the first. I was more invested in Todd and Viola's characters, and accustomed to the writing style so I could fully focus on......more

Goodreads review by Regan on June 09, 2023

Patrick Ness's writing is a thing of magic. He aptly portrayed the horrors of civil war on both sides, and how war has no clear "good guy" and "bad guy". The psychological aspect of this book is intense, being in the minds of both Viola and Todd as they try to pave a path for themselves in the hell......more

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