Mayor Prentiss decides to enslave these creatures, thus making them rebel at the end of The Ask and the Answer. The wild cards in this entire plot so far are the Spackle, who are the native creatures of the land. Mayor Prentiss is also grooming Todd to make him his loyal subject, and he also begins to teach Todd how to control his Noise so that his thoughts are no longer open to everybody. A civil war is fought between these factions, with Todd and Viola being caught on opposite sites of the fight. Eventually, a resistance group lead by women emerges (called The Answer).
In The Ask and the Answer, Mayor Prentiss asserts his dominance over Haven, renaming it New Prentisstown. This eventually leads to Todd and Viola seeking out a town called Haven at the end of the book, however, Mayor Prentiss has already taken over the city. Todd’s guardians also tell him that he must now leave Prentisstown before the mayor gets to him. The appearance of Viola disturbs the peace in Prentisstown and causes the mayor and his loyal soldiers to seek her out, but Todd opts to try and protect her. The crash unfortunately killed her parents who were flying the ship. In the first book, Todd discovers a girl named Viola who has crash landed on the planet.
On New World, the thoughts and feelings of all men and animals are openly broadcasted this is referred to in the book as Noise. New World is the planet in which this story takes place, and interestingly, New World comes with its side effects. Todd has been told that women no longer exist after a war was fought on New World. At the beginning of the series, Todd is confined to Prentisstown, a community consisting of only men. The Chaos Walking series follows the adventures of Todd Hewitt, a boy who is now becoming an adult. Monsters of Men combines the formula of the two books before it for an extremely strong finish to an incredible series. The first book was a fast paced adventure, with the sequel slowing down in pace to tell a more psychological story. The prior books in the series include The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking 1) and The Ask and the Answer (Chaos Walking 2). Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness is the third and final full novel in the Chaos Walking series.
You can read the reviews for The Knife of Never Letting Go and The Ask and the Answer. It’s recommended that you read those two books before reading this review. Disclaimer: This review of Monsters of Men has some spoilers from the first two books in the Chaos Walking series.
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