I have a problem with this book. And it's not the book's fault, it's mine. 
 I loved 'The Knife of Never Letting Go'. I loved it so much. It made me weep like a baby and hope like something that hopes a lot. It was a gorgeous, perfect book. 'The Ask and the Answer' was less than that, naturally, being a sequel, but it still gave me that fire in my belly that pushed me to finish the series. I needed to know what happened. Now, maybe it's because of how long I left between 'The Ask and the Answer' and 'Monsters of Men', or maybe it's because I'm the person who can't keep from daydreaming through action scenes, but this book didn't grab me the way I wanted it to. 
 Don't get me wrong, 'Monsters of Men' is great. It's a fantastic story, and a great ending to a wonderful trilogy. It's well-written, it made me feel all the feelings, and I really appreciate the ending. I just don't like reading about war, I guess. I get bored in battle scenes. I skimmed so much of this novel, and found myself accidentally re-reading paragraphs because I couldn't really keep focused. So my rating is based on how good I know it is, rather than how I actually felt about reading it. There are so many parts that I really enjoyed, but so much of the book was battle, and I don't think I could appreciate it. 
 Still, I have to praise Patrick Ness for giving me an ending that doesn't leave me feeling dissatisfied. It wasn't what I hoped for, and for a moment I was ready to throw the book across the room, but in the end I really enjoyed it. Also, the horses are great. A+ horsies.