Through their experiences with the possibilities of telepathy, biotechnology, and interspecies relationships, Ness’s protagonists must negotiate with the simultaneous attraction of the fragmented self and its threat to the regulation of conventional manhood, as male characters struggle to sustain their inherited understanding of themselves and the relation between self and other. Patrick Ness’s exploration of normative and transgressive embodiments of masculinity in his dystopian Chaos Walking series for young adults powerfully addresses tensions between power and vulnerability, autonomy and conformity, and concepts of boyhood and manhood. However, little critical attention has been correspondingly dedicated to examining how regimes of masculinity, traditional privileges of male power, and male adolescence are represented and mediated in dystopian fiction for teenagers. Monsters of Men is an extraordinary achievement.To date, studies of gender issues in young adult dystopian novels have been dominated by a focus on constructions of female subjectivity, girlhood, and the potential for female empowerment. * Daily Express *įeatured/recommended * Press Democrat Newspaper *įeatured/recommended * The Republican Newspaper *įeatured/recommended * The Post and Courier Newspaper *įeatured/recommended * El Paso Times Newspaper *Ĭhaos walking trilogy Featured/recommended * * Lives up to all expectations.An electrifying ending to a brilliant series. Absolutely recommended to readers of all ages and preferences. And.I'm really sad to see it go, but at the same time, I think it ended perfectly. Monsters of Men is nothing if not action-filled, and makes for a frenetic, dramatic conclusion to one of the finest Young Adult dystopian/science fiction series' out there.this final novel is a beautiful, fitting send off to a truly superior series. Monsters of Men is a near perfect conclusion to a near perfect trilogy. This is a rare and remarkable achievement.
Monsters of Men combines gripping storylines with real moral quandaries.Ness integrates the vast and powerful themes into the plot so seamlessly that they appear effortless.
Like Philip Pullman, Robert Cormier and Paul Zindel, Ness has written the best kind of children's book - the kind that teaches you how to grow up. Chaos Walking is too good for the Young Adult strapline. The novels would seem sledgehammer-bleak if not for the narrative drive and uncompromising humanity that underpins every word in every line. Breathtaking.innovative, intense writing at its incendiary best - Jake Hope * The Bookseller *
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