The Knife of Never Letting Go (Post #2)

I have continued to read The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness. It's a good book, but it includes very strange futuristic fiction details. The author purposefully misspelled certain words to show that the main character, Todd, can't read or write very well. This was a creative technique, however it was a little annoying how he only did it for "tion" (direkshun) and he used "yer" instead of your. It was confusing because there were other extravagant words that he would use.
The story plot picks up its pace as I have continued to read. It was a little slow-moving at first but while reading, you could tell it would pick up the pace later, as it has. Patrick Ness writes good relationships between characters. The main character, Todd, has lost his traveling partner who he has grown to love, Viola. He is growing sick and he and his dog Manchee have set off to find her. I hope to finish the book soon and find out what happens.