#patrick ness

Just finished reading!

I was very happy to revisit this universe after many years, personally I'm not a big fan of continuing series with the kids of our main characters, but I enjoyed reading Ben and Max so much I can confidently say they are the right characters for this story.

I loved both Hewitt brothers, they are very fun to read, which is something that wasn't really happening with Todd's or Viola's pov lmao, not that it made the Chaos Walking trilogy any less enjoyable (those kids were going through so much it's no surprise there wasn't much space for comedy), but I do have to admit Max was my favorite. I loved Ben, I loved how sure he was of himself and his intelligence even if there were some insecurities deep down, but Max had a very authentic and very rebellious nature to his character that made me care deeply not only about what happens to him in the future but about how he feels and what the cruel new world does to his heart. I really hope he gets to live happily once the story is over.

I guess one thing I didn't like that much was how stubbornly Todd would insist that he was capable of protecting his family when in reality he couldn't. I just felt like he was portrayed quite powerless, I mean, everyone was powerless in a story where they have to fight gods, but Todd underestimated the dangers on new world so much it made me angry. I would expect him to be... smarter? He was wise in his words as I would expect from adult Todd, but some of the dangers they had to face could have been avoided if Todd had acknowledged he's only a man at the face of gods, men (and women) and the creatures of new world.

Both him and Viola were a bit immature in a sense, which I guess this tells us that even in adult age people can still be a bit dumb sometimes, even those who have been through so much and learned a lot, they still have stuff to learn.

Tiola PLEASE stop fighting you two know better than to split up over some argument that even though it's important it is no reason to leave someone you love so deeply 😤 so dumb.

Two-time Carnegie Medalist Patrick Ness makes a thrilling return to the world of Chaos Walking with this launch of the extraordinary New World trilogy, in a deluxe package with sprayed edges and endpapers illustrated by Jim Kay.

It’s been twenty years since the monstrous war that almost tore New World apart, and there’s a new generation on the planet. Todd and Viola’s sons Ben and Max have known only peace growing up on the family farm outside a bustling human settlement. They dream of the usual things, like school and adventure, until the nightmares begin . . .

A sudden sickness has infected the young people of New World with Noise in the form of their worst thoughts about themselves. Some suspect the Spackle, the indigenous people with whom humans have a very uneasy truce. Others wonder about a connection to a mysterious object looming in the sky. And then, one by one, the children of New World begin to disappear.

Ben, with his mother’s logical mind, and Max, with his father’s courageous heart, become caught up in separate quests for answers, journeys that will test their beliefs in their parents, each other, and in their very existence on the planet.