false 6369504 9781406323092 4 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1238421455m/6369504.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6369504-the-ask-and-the-answer 370361 Patrick Ness 1218 525 4 1 false Thu Jul 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 07:16:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 08:04:28 -0700 2009 1
This somehow didn't feel as urgent as the first book, though Ness still does that thing where he just goes POW! and doesn't pull back any punches and leaves you thinking, 'What, what?! You can't do that!' but he gets away with it anyway. Excellently, I might add.

It's still as an absorbing read as the first book. My frustrations with it was mostly with the dual narrative -- I've never been fond of the format. Even though the characters are distinct and there's no way you'd be able to confuse them even without the tag at the start of the chapter indicating whose POV it is, I just, well, have never liked dual narratives, especially in the first person.



I'm just odd, perhaps. ]]>