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Currently discussing: The Monstrumologist

Rick Yancey

Finished reading & discussing
2016-09-01 to 2016-10-31

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isanythingopen
My library doesn't have book 2 (wth is up with that!), so I'll probably get it from Amazon eventually.
isanythingopen
I enjoyed this one. I kept being surprised when I remembered it wasn't actually written in the 1800's. Unless Yancy really found a manuscript from then.
Portable Magic
Finished this last night. It definitely got better in the second half, although I never warmed up to the writing style. I'll write up a review and post it later today.
Portable Magic
Thanks, Jessica and MM, for the articles and for your perspectives. I do find it interesting that Yancy took the monsters' origins from actual mythology and real historical wr...
Grimlock ♥ Ultra Magnus
I think I'm gonna drop it. It's not so incompetent it's funny. It's just bleh for me, and Jessica technically did start the BR with me and Portable Monsters :D

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Halloween Bingo Pre-Party: Favorite Horror Reads
Abandoned by user
I am reposting my "10 Essential Horror Books (by a non-horror reader)" post for this prompt! My knowledge of horror fiction is quite limited, and what little horror I read, I ...
October Wrap-Up & November TBR
ELK's Library
Books Read: 9 5 Stars: 2 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Illustrated Edition) We Have Always Lived in the Castle 4 Stars: 3 The Monstrumologist Faint of Heart Rea...
Another bingo!
isanythingopen
My favorite line: "Yes, my dear child, monsters are real. I happen to have one hanging in my basement." For some reason I just think it's funny as hell. Kearns was more d...
Reading progress update: I've read 22%.
isanythingopen
Not sure why this is listed as YA. Yikes! I was was expecting something a little lighter, along the lines of the Libriomancer. My expectations were abruptly and quickly d...
The Monstrumologist - progress: 201/447 pages
Portable Magic
I started feeling uneasy by the time I got to this point, and after considering it overnight am feeling even worse about it. I actually double checked the publication date on ...

Reviews

The Monstrumologust: Young Adult Horror
ELK's Library
Pellinore Warthrop is a jerk, he’s selfish, and completely obsessed with his work. He’s Sherlock, if Sherlock was obsessed with monsters. Even the moment when Warthrop rescued...
The Monstrumologist
Abandoned by Booklikes
WOO HOO! This book kicked butt. It was gruesome and kind of terrible in certain parts to read (it gets bloody and gory) and when you realize some of these characters are just ...
The Monstrumologist ★★☆☆☆
Portable Magic
Lots of explicit gore and monsters of both the human and inhuman variety made this a fun story to read. Add in the pathos of an orphan boy so starved for love and belonging th...

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