Reviews

The Night is for Hunting by John Marsden

sammy_3003's review against another edition

5.0

The five remaining teens manage to leave Stratton with not only their lives but those of five orphan children. The journey back to Hell is not an easy one and once arrived, their troubles only increase as their sanctuary is no longer a safe haven.

Wow! The action ramped back up in this book and kept me on the edge of my seat.

Each book you learn more about the characters but often forget they are only teenagers themselves. It's interesting to see the up/down relationship the teen share with children as they navigate this new responsibility and adjust to a new style of living.

There are slow points in the book but I think it's like leaving breadcrumbs so when something happens you can trace back to how to came about.

I am excited and apprehensive for the last book. Who will win the war and who will be left standing?

This book is for lovers of the Tomorrow series.

jadeaway's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

ande13's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

natahliagoss's review

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

jacqui_des's review against another edition

4.0

5-Word Review: (for the series)
Tense, gripping, suspenseful, teenage heroism

Memorable Quotes

"The sun sat up there all day without moving. It saw everything and it forgave nothing. Sometimes it seemed like you were alone in the world, you and the sun, and at those times you could understand why people in the old days feared and worshipped it."

"......he didn’t say anything about the boys being rough. Next to some of the boys, we were Qantas stewardesses."

"Today we party, tomorrow we die."

"I thought about the things Fi said, and wondered if I’d ever get back a sense of humour. Or is it like trust, virginity and Easter eggs: gone once, gone forever?"

"There were more important things in life. Sometimes being in the right wasn’t the end of the story."

"So I found myself telling my own stories. It was strange: as I did it I realised how much we get shaped by our stories. It’s like the stories of our lives make us the people we are. If someone had no stories, they wouldn’t be human, wouldn’t exist. And if my stories had been different I wouldn’t be the person I am."

"Now I wondered if the opposite to identity was war. By separating us from our pasts, by tearing out all the previous pages of our lives, war had left us with nothing."

"Even as he pulled the trigger he knew he’d made a mistake, but guns don’t know about mistakes. Guns don’t believe in mistakes."

"Once again we had killed others so we could stay alive."

"It seems like suffering’s the only time we can see what’s essential."

trisha_thomas's review against another edition

3.0

this was a very different book than the others in the series.
at least I think so.

it's the first one that felt like filler.
I'm not sure why we have this story about the kids and saving them and our group having to be like older siblings or moms and dads and take care of them. Maybe to show how much they've changed? Maybe show the horror with smaller kids.

I don't know but this is my least favorite so far.

but I'm still so excited for the next one. The finale.

caitlinfern's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

bookswithlukas's review against another edition

2.0

Feels more like a novella than a main series book.

I give this entry in the series a low score, not because it was badly written or a hard read but because there just wasn't anything to the story. You could literally skip this entry in the series and be none the wiser starting the final one. This whole book involves the group finding and adopting some feral kids....and babysitting them. That is all that happens for about 220 pages, they find the kids, lose the kids, find them again, throw them a party. That is pretty much the whole story. There was a decent part where one of the little orphans dies from the elements that further emphasises the harshness of the conditions, but that was pretty much it. There is some semblance of story in the final 20 pages, but even that isn't all much of a reveal. We are told 'someone' is coming, but not who it is. I've heard the final entry definitely picks up after this one and I'm glad, as I've enjoyed the series as a whole and want this just to be a minor blip before a great finale.

Overall, if I ever read this series again, I'll probably just skip this entry in adventures in baby-sitting.

alexblackreads's review against another edition

3.0

This was a weird choice of plot that feels more like a side quest than the main story. The main characters come across some feral children and basically act as nannies for 150 pages. But again, I didn't hate it. It just feels like the author spent books 4-6 stalling for the climax in book seven. Still, a super quick fun read. I read it in one sitting.

mikeyrob76's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0