This is Conor’s story, this is his platform as he listens to tales and goes through life and I think Ness captures the 13-year-old perfectly. The writing is simple but also breathes life into the story without overloading on details. I did not expect this book to break me, but it did! In finely chopped little pieces too lol. So here we are, I’ll give you my take on the book, and the movie, and then compare them! I wanted to watch the movie first, as I’m strange that way, but, I knew after watching the movie that I immediately wanted to read the book. My Reviewįirstly, thank you to Michelle Michelle Likes Things for my copy of this, I love you! Patrick Ness takes the final idea of the late, award-winning writer Siobhan Dowd and weaves an extraordinary and heartbreaking tale of mischief, healing and above all, the courage it takes to survive. And it wants the most dangerous thing of all from Conor. It’s ancient, elemental, a force of nature. Tonight, when he wakes, there’s a visitor at his window. Conor has the same dream every night, ever since his mother first fell ill, ever since she started the treatments that don’t quite seem to be working.

GoodReads: The bestselling novel about love, loss and hope from the twice Carnegie Medal-winning Patrick Ness.

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