It's a hole and everything that falls into it stops being Noise, stops being anything, just stops all together. Like water in the shape of a cup, but with no cup. It's like a shape you can't see except by how everything else around it is touching it. When I read this paragraph, I fell in love with the writing in the book. The quote below comes from the beginning where Todd is describing the mysterious Quiet. I can't tell you how many gorgeous quotes are in this book. Ness accomplishes this is in the rhythm of how Todd speaks, and in all the ways Todd describes the world around him. The book is written through Todd's eyes and one thing I love about it is how well Patrick Ness captures the way that Todd sees the world. This makes his character and the world where he lives stand out as unique (in a good way!). The book spells words like Todd speaks them, which is to say not always correctly. Helpful People - Thankfully, Todd encounters some of those as well. I grew very attached to him.īad People - There are a lot of them, and some just .Away!

Not just for comic relief (although he does provide that as well), Manchee is integral to the story. She is his first honest peer relationship, and the added complication of her being a different gender makes everything more interesting. But there is a depth to it because of shared purpose and experiences. I love the relationship that Todd and Viola develop as they travel together. It is also fun to watch them learn to interact with each other. As Todd has no experience with girls at all, he is amazed at how different she is from him. I think his behavior made sense for who he was, and I sympathized with him, even when he made Very Bad Decisions. But I tried not to let my adult perspective crowd out Todd's. Todd makes mistakes, and t here were times that I wanted to scream at him to STOP IT or TELL SOMEONE. One of my favorite parts of this book was watching his journey, and the ways that he grew through it. I really fell in love with Todd throughout the story. Therefore, he is pretty shocked to find out that he's been lied to his entire life. A boy who has lived his entire life hearing everyone's thoughts around him. The Knife is told through the eyes of Todd Hewitt. Suddenly, Todd has to reevaluate everything he knows - while running for his life. He is one month away from turning 13 and becoming a man (they have 13 months in New World, which means in our world he'd already be 14) when he finds something out that changes everything. Todd has lived his whole life in Prentisstown on New World.

The knife of never letting go series