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A review by junjun10
The Ask and the Answer by Patrick Ness
2.0
an entirely different beast than the last
This sequel takes on a completely different atmosphere than the first installment had, putting the characters into even tougher situations than before--thing is, most of the time it felt like the characters were dolls meant to move the story in a certain direction than actual humans. The two main viewpoints are kids who just had their whole world blown apart not too long ago, but you'd hardly notice besides it being mentioned a few pages. This could have been on purpose, but it's not done in a very convincing way. This shows, I think, how little thought is put into what the character would do as opposed to what the author wants them to do.
While I personally didn't enjoy it as much as I'd have liked to, I would recommend the sequel if you're more interested in thought-reading warfare than inspection of the human mind.
This sequel takes on a completely different atmosphere than the first installment had, putting the characters into even tougher situations than before--thing is, most of the time it felt like the characters were dolls meant to move the story in a certain direction than actual humans. The two main viewpoints are kids who just had their whole world blown apart not too long ago, but you'd hardly notice besides it being mentioned a few pages. This could have been on purpose, but it's not done in a very convincing way. This shows, I think, how little thought is put into what the character would do as opposed to what the author wants them to do.
While I personally didn't enjoy it as much as I'd have liked to, I would recommend the sequel if you're more interested in thought-reading warfare than inspection of the human mind.