A Monster Calls
by:
Patrick Ness (author)
Format: kindle
ASIN: 11391373
Publisher: Candlewick
Pages no: 224
This was a very powerful and beautiful read, and further cemented my love for Patrick Ness as a writer. I love the Chaos Walking series, although this really couldn't be any more different. I can honestly say that it is unique from anything I have read in the past, and reads like a modern fable or f...
Beautiful and terrifying. I didn't cry as most reviewers said they did but A Monster Calls tugged at my heartstrings and made me hug my kids a little bit closer.
It is at first simplistic in direction, almost with a redundancy that recalls Ishmael, but there is only a fleeting moment when this crossed my mind. First things first... i have heard and read that this is YA. It may sound presumptuous but this book is so easily applicable to an adult audience ...
What a wonderful novella! I was actually crying, reading this in the breakroom at work! A very short read, it only took me about an hour, but I couldn't have stopped if I tried.
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