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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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Beautifully written YA fiction. The concept of gendered noise is really clever and provides a nice commentary on our society. The price of innocence and the power of love are well exploited. The characters are well developed. The narration is beautiful, with each character distinct and memorable. I also really enjoyed the rendition of noise as a sound effect.

Entertaining!

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It's my favourite book and now favourite performance. the voice acting is amazing! the characters were truly brought to life. it's a fast pace, intense book and I found myself listening whenever I could, all day long! don't know how I'm going to find anything that compares (besides Stephen Fry and Harry Potter)!

how do I find anything better?

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Humphrey Bower is a LEGEND!! honestly the best performance !!

patrick ness is the most talented author!! way too many plot twists for me to stay sane i was so emotional!!!

BEST EVER!!!

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the reader was fabulous the book was decent that about sums up my feelings on the book

a decent book but probs won't we read

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I have read all of these books as they were released many years ago. But listening to them like this is so much better as I can see how much I skipped over in my excitement to find out what happens. What an incredible story. Part two in this brilliant trilogy is definitely full of action, drama and mystery. The narrator is amazing, really putting his heart into each of the characters. Can't wait to listen to the last one.

Heartstopping

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I purchased this second book because I loved the first one, but this one was far to long winded and seemed to drag on and on. I am sure I will buy the final book, because I do want to see how this ends, but I’m not excited to start.

This one dragged on far too long…

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Aweful. Repetitive. i really struggled to get through this story. I just dont care enough to find out what happens in next book. Narrator was pretty good but poor at female character voices.

Aweful

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I found it remarkable how such a long book could have such little character change. While there were significant experiences endured by the main characters, by the end almost nothing at all has changed. The "good guys" are together. The "bad guys" are still there, undefeated. Again, it really feels like you could skip this whole book and you won't have missed much.

Nothing resolved. Nothing gained. Nothing lost.

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