At first I had difficulties getting into this book because of how the narrator speaks and his pronunciation (or pronunseyahasun) of words. The predictable escalation of the story prior to the chapter break got a little tiresome and I didn't find myself enjoying the story that much. I came to the Chaos Walking series because of a review that mentioned it while discussing The Hunger Games and I thought I would receive the same level of enjoyment. While I enjoyed The Hunger Games series more, I am willing to give the rest of the Chaos Walking stories a chance, especially after the last 30% of the book improved and started to accelerate the story.

The concept of Noise, settling on a foreign world to start over and the mystery around Prentisstown kept me going and it was an easier story to get into when I was able to read larger chunks of the story in a single sitting. I feel that if this story was executed differently I may have really enjoyed it, but for the pros and cons of the book it's a solid three stars and will offer an easy read for a unique story.