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This book’s rating went down to 2-stars on the last page. Ugh! I hate cliffhangers.
If I’d been enjoying the book, maybe I wouldn’t have hated the end so much. At several points, I almost dnf it but continued reading it thinking it would get better. In my case, it only got worse.
You see, I’m a very practical creacher so I couldn’t relate to Todd’s behavior. In fact, that same day I had been watching ‘Goodfellas’ and when Henry Hill was brought up on drug charges I thought: Cicero should whack him ...more
If I’d been enjoying the book, maybe I wouldn’t have hated the end so much. At several points, I almost dnf it but continued reading it thinking it would get better. In my case, it only got worse.
You see, I’m a very practical creacher so I couldn’t relate to Todd’s behavior. In fact, that same day I had been watching ‘Goodfellas’ and when Henry Hill was brought up on drug charges I thought: Cicero should whack him ...more
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In New World things are different. Animals can talk. Men can hear each other’s “NOISE.” Todd Hewitt is just a month from his 13th birthday, when he’ll become a man, and share the secret of the odd, isolated settlement – Prentisstown – he calls home. But a chance discovery results in his fleeing for his life, accompanied only by his dog, Manchee.
Todd is many ways a typical young teen – full of anxiety about growing up, certain he knows much more than ...more
ZERO stars
In New World things are different. Animals can talk. Men can hear each other’s “NOISE.” Todd Hewitt is just a month from his 13th birthday, when he’ll become a man, and share the secret of the odd, isolated settlement – Prentisstown – he calls home. But a chance discovery results in his fleeing for his life, accompanied only by his dog, Manchee.
Todd is many ways a typical young teen – full of anxiety about growing up, certain he knows much more than ...more
I hadn't expected to enjoy this book as much as I did. It was a real page turner. At first I thought I would struggle with the language - Todd, the narrator, is not educated and as it is written in the first person there are odd spellings and turns of phrase. But I got used to it and barely noticed it by the end. I loved the developing relationship between Todd and Viola, and I absolutely loved Manchee. Throughout you got a true sense of the panic and exhaustion as they all run from the army whi
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Todd Hewitt is the only boy in a town of men. Ever since the settlers were infected with the Noise germ, Todd can hear everything the men think, and they hear everything he thinks. Todd is just a month away from becoming a man, but in the midst of the cacophony, he knows that the town is hiding something from him -- something so awful Todd is forced to flee with only his dog, whose simple, loyal voice he hears too. With hostile men from the town in pursuit, the two stumble upon a strange and eer
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Jul 22, 2024
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3.5 stars. This felt like one long chase scene. Noise was an interesting concept, but I have a saying "Just because it's different doesn't mean it's good." (view spoiler)
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Nov 01, 2009
Gaijinmama
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Lisa
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Sarah
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Aug 23, 2012
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Feb 01, 2013
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