My words on finishing this book: 
 "What the crap?" "What the actual crap?" "Holy freaking crap crap." 
 And that's not in a bad way either. I wasn't calling the book crap, I use the word occasionally as an alternative to hell. I speak weird sometimes. 
 I went into this book with some preconceptions. I thought it would be some sort of dystopian thing, set in a world similar to ours with little differences. I got it completly wrong (Don't I always?) but what I got instead was even better. The world Patrick Ness creates is detailed and vivid, with its own dialect and creatures that are different but similar at the same time. It's always so believable. 
 The characters in this book are all so rich in strength and personality, they're practically impossible to fault. Never once did I find myself hating or even disliking the protagonist OR the girl. What they go through is so intense you can only admire their strength. 
 I want a dog named Manchee. Since reading this, I find myself looking at my dog and finding her lacking. She should talk at the very least. 
 This book had me intrigued from the first line and from there it just got better and better.