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April- The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness- Spoiled
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Taylor
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Apr 01, 2012 08:35AM
Finished with The Knife of Never Letting Go or don't mind being spoiled? This is the place to be! Have at it!
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What kind of dog is Manchee? Either I missed it in the reading or it didn't say and it's driving me crazy, but I don't feel like going back and skimming the text.. Lol
Loyal, stupid. Like all dogs, really. :pI don't think the author ever gave away the species, but I think it's fair to say that Manchee isn't, say, a toy poodle or a chihuahua. Probably a mutt of some kind, knee high at least. I imagined something like this:
Awww. I keep imagining a pug for some reason, like this one: 
But I wasn't sure if they mentioned it and I missed it.
Seriously, did they have to kill the dog? F this book I hate it now.And every time Aaron shows up again I roll my eyes. Really book? Really?
I knew people would be upset at the dog killing. Aaron constantly showing up was annoying though. I didn't even really know if I was 'enjoying' the book, and then of course it ends the way it does so I want to read on.
I finally finished! As soon as Manchee was mentioned in the very beginning, I knew he'd die somewhere along the line. I was still angry, though. I felt like that was a pathetic attempt at evoking some emotion from the reader since the other characters were so unlikable and I really didn't care whether they lived or died. Aaron was ridiculous, Todd was annoying, and Viola really added nothing other than her existence as a female.For some strange, strange reason... I kept imagining Manchee as a (medium, yellow, mutt) cartoon dog. What?
Overall, I thought the book was boring and wayyy too long, but the last 50 or so pages were okay. I'm not interested in finishing the series, though.
Taylor wrote: "I felt like that was a pathetic attempt at evoking some emotion from the reader since the other characters were so unlikable and I really didn't care whether they lived or died. Aaron was ridiculous, Todd was annoying, and Viola really added nothing other than her existence as a female."This this this!
