![]() ![]() ![]() What did you like most about The Knife of Never Letting Go? I've just listened to the audio book and Humphry Bower does his usual amazing job turning in a powerful, energetic performance, (except I'd always thought of the settlers having an American deep south accent! but what do I know, rural England works too!). The story of a boy and his dog and a girl, who are running for their lives seems simple, but like the very best literature, the actual way this story is written is revolutionary and transporting. It's hard to describe how I fealt reading this book the prose is so raw and brutal and funny and tragic and very 'new'. This comes from a 40 something teacher who has to plough through some drab 'teen' fiction for a living, and who's favourite author is Jane Austen!. I read this book a couple of years ago, based on a librarian's recommendation and once I'd got passed the first few confusing pages and got used to the raw writing style I realised it was one of the most amazing books I'd ever read in my life. ![]()
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