The Ask and the Answer

Confession time! Chaos Walking wasn't even on my radar until I saw the trailer. While watching it, I thought the subject was really new and interesting. Then I found out that it was actually a book series, and the next day I had all the books of the trilogy in my hands.

The Knife Of Never Letting Go was outstanding! Totally blown by it. It's a full-fledged adventure that can preserve its mystery to the end while the action literally never stops. It still has emotional moments in all this activity and ends with a stunning cliffhanger. Solid, 5-star read. I was very excited to read the second book and thankfully; it doesn't disappoint.

The Ask And The Answer continues where The Knife of Never Letting Go left things off, and this time we are in a very different environment.. Because of the nature of this new atmosphere, it is not as action filled as the first book, but it fills this gap with many fresh questions and enriches it by questioning concepts such as racism, sexism and politics. Not a deep dive, but an improvement considering the first book. But I'm here to have fun so I have aaaaaabsolutely no problems. With its dual PoV format, it never stops being intriguing. And as a character driven reader, I enjoyed Todd and Viola's development.

Two things I can mention as a downside is that it is much easier to guess the cliffhanger this time. Rather than waiting for what would happen; after a point, I waited to see how will a certain thing will happen. It's Chekhov's gun. And the other thing, if I have to nit pick, it did not need to be 500+ pages long. But in the end, it really doesn't feel like it dragged.

In the end, it's still a brilliant book. Can't wait to read the conclusion.