The Ask and the Answer
Chaos Walking: Book Two
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Publisher Description
Part two of the literary sci-fi thriller follows a boy and a girl who are caught in a warring town where thoughts can be heard — and secrets are never safe. Reaching the end of their flight in THE KNIFE OF NEVER LETTING GO, Todd and Viola did not find healing and hope in Haven. They found instead their worst enemy, Mayor Prentiss, waiting to welcome them to New Prentisstown. There they are forced into separate lives: Todd to prison, and Viola to a house of healing where her wounds are treated. Soon Viola is swept into the ruthless activities of the Answer, while Todd faces impossible choices when forced to join the mayor’s oppressive new regime. In alternating narratives the two struggle to reconcile their own dubious actions with their deepest beliefs. Torn by confusion and compromise, suspicion and betrayal, can their trust in each other possibly survive?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This grim and beautifully written sequel to Ness's The Knife of Never Letting Go picks up where its predecessor left off and will have readers racing to its painful conclusion. Having escaped from the dystopian, all-male Prentisstown, teenagers Todd and Viola have fled to the city of Haven, only to discover that Prentisstown's mayor, a powerful and charismatic sociopath, has gotten there first, intent on controlling the entire planet. Separated, the friends are caught up on opposite sides of a horrific, morally ambiguous civil war, with Todd coming close to madness. (Viola later reminds Todd, who has undertaken some shocking and cruel responsibilities while working with the mayor, "We all fall but that's not what matters. What matters is picking yourself up again.") This superb novel, which ends with a gripping cliffhanger that sets up the third Chaos Walking book, uses a brilliant cast of well-developed characters and its singular setting and premise to present a provocative examination of the nature of evil and humanity. This is among the best YA science fiction novels of the year. Ages 14 up.
Customer Reviews
This book really played with my emotions all the way through
I both love and hate how this book kept me on my toes, not wanting to do anything but read. Anticipating what would happen next every time I stopped reading, unable to stop considering the possibilities of the outcome of every situation. Just when I was beginning to understand the situation, it twist and turns and leaves me reeling in the dark, reading consistently and searching for a hope that it will all turn out okay. I highly recommend this book and series for anyone looking to become temporarily addicted to reading, unable to stop, always thinking, furiously reading. Read it and find yourself sad, angry, happy, confused, and so much more as the ever changing situation leaves you in the dark at every turn. Amazing book. Read it right now.
Amazing
Never disappoints!
AMAZING❤️❤️❤️❤️
I love everything about this book! The characters, the writing, and mostly, the reality!!! I feel like I am Viola or Todd when I reds this! I even kinda like 1017! I love the different perspectives and everything else about this book series!!!😍