The Knife Of Never Letting Go: Patrick Ness

The Knife Of Never Letting Go is a sci-fi fantasy book set on a recently colonised planet, New World.  This planet is populated only with men and everyone can hear each others and all the animal's thoughts, something that they call the 'Noise'. According to New World lore, the indigenous population of New World, the Spackle, were wiped out in a previous war that unleashed a virus killing all New World females.

The book follows 13 year old, Todd, who is the only boy in the last settlement on New World, Prentisstown and who in this world of overwhelming Noise, stumbles upon a place of total silence, and a girl. This discovery causes him to question the history of New World that he had been taught and forces him into hiding with the girl and his faithful dog Manchee when he is pursued by the Mayor of Prentisstown. When Todd realises that everything he has been told about New World is a lie, who can he trust and who will betray them?

This book is completely different from any other fantasy book I have read. The villains are people that you can’t help but feel pity for on occasions, which makes it much more interesting. This book is quite graphic in its detail about gruesome injuries, so would not be suitable for younger readers, I found it really enjoyable and hopefully I’ll be able to read the sequel soon. 

I know that they have made a film version withTom Holland from Spiderman and Daisy Ridley from Star Wars. I hope that they do it justice as movies are usually not as good as the books (I am still mad at the film version of Eragon!).