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The Ask and the Answer

By: Patrick Ness
Narrated by: Humphrey Bower
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Fleeing before a relentless army, Todd has carried a desperately wounded Viola right into the hands of their worst enemy, Mayor Prentiss. Immediately separated from Viola and imprisoned, Todd is forced to learn the ways of the Mayor's new order. But what secrets are hiding just outside of town? And where is Viola? Is she even still alive? And who are the mysterious Answer? And then, one day, the bombs begin to explode....

The Ask and the Answer is a tense, shocking and deeply moving novel of resistance under the most extreme pressure.

©2009 Patrick Ness. (P)2011 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd Difficult Situations Dystopian Family & Relationships Fiction Friendship Literature & Fiction Science Fiction Science Fiction & Fantasy Fantasy
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this is a hard book, especially at the start, it just feels like everything is checkmate, or maybe stalemate, and nothing is possible but stick a it. Sadly it suffers from Tod being the one. why? because he is special. but what's special about him. special stuff. love him... Despite this, and despite the fact that Viola is much more deserving of being the one, I took a lot from this book, there's tension and excitement and thinking and I'm looking forward to part three (but maybe after a little break)

strong, nuanced, frustrating and hard

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This audiobook often cuts out (every 30-90secs) and misses a few seconds of audio. This gets really frustrating and makes the story harder to follow.

That being said, the story is fantastic and I loved it! The narrator is also great.

The audio jumps and misses bite out

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Equally as great as the first book! I was not able to stop listening to this book, LOVED IT!

Fantastic

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With the characters from the first book and a few new ones the story develops into a battle between fanatics. The theme being you can't trust warmongers - on any side.

Keeps the story going

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Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

This is a great second instalment in the trilogy, I was gripped from start to finish and I always looked forward to my commute home so I could listen to more of the story!

What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?

I loved the character development of Davey Prentice Jr in this book, he quickly became one of the best developed characters in the series.

Great second installment

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