Nollaig Posted January 17, 2017 Posted January 17, 2017 I'm way behind on last years blogs coz I wasn't on the forum much at the time - just popping in to say, completely agreed with you about More Than This. Started off great but by the end I was so annoyed by it I wrote a rant about it hehe. Quote
Michelle Posted January 17, 2017 Posted January 17, 2017 Well I for one really liked More Than This - to me there wasn't supposed to be a definitive ending, you're meant to make your own mind up. Quote
Nollaig Posted January 17, 2017 Posted January 17, 2017 Well I for one really liked More Than This - to me there wasn't supposed to be a definitive ending, you're meant to make your own mind up. Lots of people liked it, I think Bobbly and myself are in the minority tbh! I think Ness just doesn't sit well with me in general, aside from Monster! I read his other superhero one too and wasn't mad about that either. Quote
Michelle Posted January 17, 2017 Posted January 17, 2017 The Rest of Us Just Live Here? Nope - that was an ok read for me, but I didn't like it that much. But A Monster Calls and More Than This I do like. Quote
chesilbeach Posted January 17, 2017 Posted January 17, 2017 I still think his Chaos Walking trilogy was his best. The first one especially was excellent, and I got my book group - made up mostly of older, retired women - to read it, and anyone who got past the first few pages (which are unusual) loved it. I also loved A Monster Calls, but haven't read any more, although I do keep meaning to. Quote
Athena Posted January 18, 2017 Posted January 18, 2017 I loved A Monster Calls but have been apprehensive about reading anything else by Patrick Ness because I've heard less positive things about his other works. I'll give one of his other books a go at some point though. Good to hear some positive reviews also (Michelle and Chesil). Quote
chesilbeach Posted January 18, 2017 Posted January 18, 2017 Oh, I've just remembered I also read The Crane Wife which is for adults rather than aimed at the YA market. I enjoyed that one too, although it's got a few mixed reviews from others. I think you'd like the Chaos Walking trilogy, Gaia. Quote
bobblybear Posted January 21, 2017 Author Posted January 21, 2017 I haven't been blown away by the other Ness books I have read (A Monster Calls and The Knife of Never Letting Go). I know he primarily seems to write YA which isn't a genre I'm all that into, so maybe that's why I don't 'get it'. Quote
bobblybear Posted January 21, 2017 Author Posted January 21, 2017 Very true...no point having a book forum if we all say the same thing. Quote
RebeccaM Posted June 6, 2018 Posted June 6, 2018 On 05/06/2016 at 11:17 AM, bobblybear said: Beatrice and Virgil - Yann Martel This is a very odd book, and when I borrowed it I was hoping for something like Life of Pi, which I loved. Until the last chapter, the book was heading for a 2/6, but the last chapter pushed it to a 4.5/6. 4.5/6 I love Yann Martel's Life of Pi, Self and The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios. I've just read Beatrice and Virgil in one sitting I really have no words to express how it has made me feel. Stunned is the closest. Stunned in a good way. Speechless though. My husband noticed I didn't do my usual thing of talking non-stop for half an hour about the book I've just finished. Quote
bobblybear Posted June 14, 2018 Author Posted June 14, 2018 Yeah, Beatrice and Virgil was a book which took me by surprise. When the ending is revealed it just changed the whole book for me. Quote
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