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The monster showed up after midnight. As they do.
But it isn't the monster Conor's been expecting. He's been expecting the one from his nightmare, the one he's had nearly every night since his mother started her treatments, the one with the darkness and the wind and the screaming...
This monster is something different, though. Something ancient, something wild. And it wants the most dangerous thing of all from Conor.
It wants the truth.
I heard a LOT of wonderful things about this book before picking it up and it didn't disappoint.
Conor is a young kid dealing with a really tough situation. As he's struggling to just make it through every day life, a monster starts appearing. It incites him to do some awful things and then disappears, leaving Conor both with the consequences and wondering if the monster is even real.
I don't want to say too much, because if this book hasn't been spoiled for you, I don't want to be the one who does. But it was very well written, very emotional, and something I think a lot of kids could relate to.
If you're interested in trying audio, this one is narrated by the man who played Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter movies and it is very well done.
Have any of you read A Monster Calls? What did you think?
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2 comments:
This book /has/ already been ruined for me. (Stupid teenagers.) But I'm still SUPER interested in reading it. A lot of them pick it up thinking it's going to be something different, but I haven't had a single one tell me they didn't like it. So that's pretty solid feedback. :)
Just used my 25% off coupon at Barnes & Noble to buy this book. You & Kate got me wayyy too curious about it.
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