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Monsters of Men (Chaos Walking #3) by Patrick Ness

Posted on May 30, 2015 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

I enjoyed finishing up this series via audio book. I thought Ness really wrestled with some interesting aspects; ideas like the tension between the quest for pe...

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The Ask and the Answer (Chaos Walking #2) by Patrick Ness

Posted on May 17, 2015 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

I am not a big fan of dystopian fiction, and I still found some of the writing over the top and disjointed, but I enjoyed the suspense and ambiguity more in thi...

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The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking #1) by Patrick Ness [Audio]

Posted on May 11, 2015 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

Wherein I start exploring this very popular series via audio book, wrestle with the accents, language and style, but ultimately persevere and like it enough to ...

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The Crane Wife by Patrick Ness

Posted on March 20, 2014 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

I found it to be a lyrical and imaginative story. Granted it requires the "suspension of disbelief" but if you can just let the story flow the mix of fantasy an...

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