4-4.5 stars 
 Man, this started out insanely interesting and mysterious and continued pretty strong. I was actually more intrigued in the very beginning when I was totally in the dark, but the story still stayed awesome. Definitely a very interesting concept and incredibly unique and especially after the way it ended, I can't wait to continue the series! 
 Review originally posted on The Book Addict's Guide: Wow, this book was incredibly intriguing. Definitely had me hooked and I really didn't want to put it down! In the very beginning, I had so many questions about Prentisstown. What happened to all the women? Why is their year thirteen months? Why can everyone hear everyone else's thoughts? What happens to Todd when he becomes a man at 13 and why is it so secretive? I think I was more captivated in the very beginning when I was left completely in the dark, but my attention was absolutely held the whole book. 
 The narration is in the first person from Todd's POV (it only makes sense considering his thoughts and narration are one in the same) so we get all of his gritty jargon and language with lots of intentional misspellings and slang. I actually really liked it. I really got a feel for the language and it kind of pulled me into the story that much more. 
 The mysteries that Todd uncovers throughout the story are really something -- I could guess part of them but not all and even the things that I guessed were still just as shocking once they were revealed! 
 I really liked the world building in the book too. It's quite similar to regular life as we know it now but just with some extreme factors that in essence completely change it -- Like the Noise, some of the animals, the way the towns are built, and of course the location of the towns (I really don't want to say more because if you haven't read it, it's more exciting the less I say).