The Knife of Never Letting Go / Chaos Walking
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Mind your Noise because we\'re headed to New World for a discussion of Patrick Ness\' famed first novel in the Chaos Walking series, The Knife of Never Letting Go (2008), as well as Doug Liman\'s long-delayed 2021 adaptation.
This one is a struggle: not only is there plenty of walking, but the repetitive writing, the whimper of a climax and the disinterest in exploring colonialism (despite introducing it!) makes for frustrating reading. The film is watchable thanks to Tom Holland and Daisy Ridley\'s charm, but it fails to adapt large parts of the book and feels like a pretty standard big budget dystopian YA. Overall this is a mess...and the dog dies to boot!
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