A dystopian thriller follows a boy and girl on the run from a town where all thoughts can be heard — and the passage to manhood embodies a horrible secret.
Todd Hewitt is the only boy in a town of men. Ever since the settlers were infected with the Noise germ, Todd can hear everything the men think, and they hear everything he thinks. Todd is just a month away from becoming a man, but in the midst of the cacophony, he knows that the town is hiding something from him — something so awful Todd is forced to flee with only his dog, whose simple, loyal voice he hears too. With hostile men from the town in pursuit, the two stumble upon a strange and eerily silent creature: a girl. Who is she? Why wasn't she killed by the germ like all the females on New World? Propelled by Todd's gritty narration, readers are in for a white-knuckle journey in which a boy on the cusp of manhood must unlearn everything he knows in order to figure out who he truly is.
派崔克•奈斯(Patrick Ness)
1971年生于美国维吉尼亚州贝尔沃堡陆军基地,6岁之前在夏威夷度过。之后和家人移居华盛顿州,从小最大的嗜好就是编故事。大学就读美国南加大英语文学系。在牛津大学教授创意写作三年,他的学生往往比这位老师年纪还大。他还为英国最大的报纸诸如《泰晤士报》、《每日电讯报》、《卫报》等专业媒体撰写书评。混沌行走三部曲是他首次尝试青少年小说,推出后随即大受好评,《出版家周刊》称之为“近年来最重要的青少年科幻小说”。此外,他身上有个犀牛纹身,跑过两次马拉松,是具有专业水准的潜水员,曾被电影学院录取,但为了学习写作而放弃这个机会。
“Prentisstown isn’t like other towns.” Expect that Prentisstown is pretty similar to every other town/settlement in the book, though that line, which was the first line on my blurb did make me want to read this book. I have heard a bit about this book an...
评分“Prentisstown isn’t like other towns.” Expect that Prentisstown is pretty similar to every other town/settlement in the book, though that line, which was the first line on my blurb did make me want to read this book. I have heard a bit about this book an...
评分“Prentisstown isn’t like other towns.” Expect that Prentisstown is pretty similar to every other town/settlement in the book, though that line, which was the first line on my blurb did make me want to read this book. I have heard a bit about this book an...
评分“Prentisstown isn’t like other towns.” Expect that Prentisstown is pretty similar to every other town/settlement in the book, though that line, which was the first line on my blurb did make me want to read this book. I have heard a bit about this book an...
评分“Prentisstown isn’t like other towns.” Expect that Prentisstown is pretty similar to every other town/settlement in the book, though that line, which was the first line on my blurb did make me want to read this book. I have heard a bit about this book an...
这部作品简直是一场感官的盛宴,文字的编织如同最精密的乐章,每一个音符都恰到好处地敲击在心弦上。故事的开篇就将人拽入一个泥泞、充满未知危险的境地,那种身临其境的压迫感,让人几乎能嗅到空气中弥漫的潮湿和恐惧。作者对环境的描绘细致入微,那些荒野的景象、破败的建筑,都被赋予了一种诡谲的生命力,仿佛它们本身就是故事的一部分,时刻在观察着主角的一举一动。更令人称道的是叙事节奏的把控,它不是那种一泻千里的快节奏,而是懂得在你最放松的时刻突然抛出重磅炸弹,让你瞬间屏住呼吸,心脏漏跳一拍。这种张弛有度的叙事技巧,让整个阅读过程充满了期待和不安的混合体,每一次翻页都像是进行一场豪赌,不知道下一秒会是惊喜还是惊魂。角色的内心挣扎被挖掘得淋漓尽致,他们的每一个选择都承载着沉重的代价,让人不禁思考,在极端环境下,人性的底线究竟在哪里,以及我们愿意为生存付出多少。
评分说实话,初读这本书时,我差点被其氛围的厚重感击退,它不像市面上流行的快消品那样轻松愉快,而是需要投入大量的精神能量去消化。它探讨的主题非常宏大且复杂,关乎记忆、身份的构建以及集体历史的阴影如何投射到个体命运之上。故事中设定的世界观虽然架设在一个架空的环境中,但其对权力结构、社会控制的隐喻却异常清晰和尖锐,让人感到一丝寒意,因为它似乎在影射着我们现实世界中某些不容忽视的黑暗角落。人物群像的塑造极其立体,没有绝对的好人或坏蛋,每个人都有其不可告人的动机和合理的自我辩护逻辑。我尤其欣赏作者对“遗忘”与“铭记”之间辩证关系的探讨,那条无形的界限,如何影响着一个社会的健康发展,读完后让人对历史的态度都产生了一番审视和反思。
评分这本书的结构简直是精妙绝伦的迷宫,每一次以为自己找到了出口,却发现又绕回了起点,但每一次的重复都带来新的理解和视角。它巧妙地运用了多重叙事层次,让你不断质疑你所看到的事实是否可靠,这种叙事上的不确定性,是推动情节前进的最强驱动力。我特别喜欢那些充满象征意义的场景描写,比如特定地点的反复出现,它们不再仅仅是背景,而是成为了某种情绪或者预兆的载体,为故事增添了深厚的文化和心理积淀。对于那些追求逻辑严密和线性发展的读者来说,这本书或许会带来一些挑战,因为它更倾向于情绪的渲染和氛围的构建,而不是事无巨细的解释。但如果你沉浸其中,你会发现这种略带破碎感的叙事,恰恰是对主题的最佳诠释——真实往往是支离破碎的,需要我们自己去缝合。
评分我必须承认,这本书的叙事视角非常独特,它成功地营造了一种令人不安的疏离感,却又在关键时刻紧紧抓住了读者的情感。作者似乎非常擅长利用“未被言明”的力量,很多信息是通过片段、闪回和主角内心深处的低语来传达的,这要求读者必须全神贯注,去拼凑那些散落的碎片,才能理解宏大图景的一角。这种主动参与式的阅读体验,极大地增强了代入感,读完一个章节后,我常常需要停下来,理清思绪,回味那些看似不经意的对话中隐藏的深层含义。尤其是在处理一些较为沉重的道德困境时,作者没有给出简单的答案,而是将选择权抛给了读者,让人在合上书本后仍久久不能释怀。技术层面上,语言的运用是极其考究的,它既有诗意的朦胧,又不失锐利的准确性,尤其是在描绘主角与周围环境的互动时,那种充满张力的描写,简直是教科书级别的范例。
评分整体而言,这是一部需要细细品味的佳作,它的力量不在于瞬间的震撼,而在于持久的渗透力。读完后很长一段时间,那种特定的情绪色调和人物的眼神总会不期而至地浮现在脑海中,这是真正优秀文学作品的标志。作者在构建紧张局势的同时,也成功地植入了细腻的情感线索,尤其是关于信任的建立与崩塌,处理得极为克制和真实,没有落入俗套的浪漫化陷阱。它探讨了在被压制的环境下,个体如何保持自我意识的火花,那种微弱却坚韧的抵抗精神,非常鼓舞人心。那些看似不合时宜的哲思片段,非但没有拖慢节奏,反而如同深海中的锚,让整个故事在狂风巨浪中保持了深度和稳定性,是一次难忘的阅读体验,绝对值得反复重读。
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