Monsters Of Men

by Patrick Ness
Chaos Walking Series

Hi guys, my first review. Now, monsters of men is a new story about a war on a far off planet in the future. It is between settlers and a native tribal race. Behind it is romance, action adventure, greed and plot all in one book. The story itself is basically seen in a few other books I have read or movies I have seen but the way he was able to word it and adds detail to the basic story.

The story has danger for the young couple and a war with red herrings and false routes but then SNAP it changes just like that. The war twists and turns and is hard to keep up, but that’s a good thing. Unlike the other two books, the Mayor and Mistress Coyle seem to be getting better but the truth is far more dangerous than just that...

The book is incredibly, cleverly, worded and written with a gripping story and fast paced action in it. Just how it is written is completely unique to Patrick Ness' work. At first I did not like the way he wrote it but it grew on me and now when I pick up a book I'm like "what on earth is this!" Patrick Ness' work is able to pull you in and carry on and adds an extra force to help push it through and almost adds depth to the story and how they think.

When I started reading the knife of never letting go I did not like it and that was my tone for the rest of the series of chaos walking. How more can I be proved wrong. With fast paced action and romance, I found it hard to put down. This book however is rather gory in parts so should be about 14+ like it was rated. It is also hard to pick up in parts so can be hard to understand but when you think "how can this work" he can pull it through and make it work

I like the book because of how cleverly it is written and how it works with the story and the use of characters that fit it and the imaginative settings. However I do think that it is far too long and the action dies down after a while. He does pick it back up but still it could be shorter as it is hard to get through it so if it is a bit shorter it would be a good book.

In conclusion it is a good book and I would give it 8/10 as a book.

Adam Smith :)