Book 3: "The Crash of Hennington" by Patrick Ness
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kittiwakeBut the herd was here, too. The herd would not divide. The herd would face this now, she knew that. If this was the end, they would not run from it. The air filled with explosions. The animals charged forwards, The battle was on.
Hennington is a seaside town in an unnamed country that lost its history in a Pol Pot-like regime nearly a century ago, so nobody knows why a crash of rhinoceros wanders the streets and parks of the town unmolested. The happily-married long-time mayor Cora Larsson is about to retire, but her chosen successor, Max Latham, seems strangely averse to starting his election campaign, so the reappearance of a man who has been obsessively in love with her for almost 40 years is a complication she could do without. As the election approaches the story becomes ever darker, as love, politics and religion collide, bringing havoc to Hennington.
There is a lot going on in Hennington over the few months before the election, and the story is told from multiple points of view, including the leader of the Crash. The only parts I didn't like were Max's tedious and interminable chats with his ten-year-old daughter Talon.
This is a fantastic book, and to think that I only picked it up at a library sale because the rhinoceros on the cover attracted my attention! I had vaguely heard of Patrick Ness but have never read anything else by him, but after reading "The Crash of Hennington", his other books are definitely going on my wish list.
Hennington is a seaside town in an unnamed country that lost its history in a Pol Pot-like regime nearly a century ago, so nobody knows why a crash of rhinoceros wanders the streets and parks of the town unmolested. The happily-married long-time mayor Cora Larsson is about to retire, but her chosen successor, Max Latham, seems strangely averse to starting his election campaign, so the reappearance of a man who has been obsessively in love with her for almost 40 years is a complication she could do without. As the election approaches the story becomes ever darker, as love, politics and religion collide, bringing havoc to Hennington.
There is a lot going on in Hennington over the few months before the election, and the story is told from multiple points of view, including the leader of the Crash. The only parts I didn't like were Max's tedious and interminable chats with his ten-year-old daughter Talon.
This is a fantastic book, and to think that I only picked it up at a library sale because the rhinoceros on the cover attracted my attention! I had vaguely heard of Patrick Ness but have never read anything else by him, but after reading "The Crash of Hennington", his other books are definitely going on my wish list.
