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Last Night I Sang to the Monster - Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Last Night I Sang to the Monster
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A finalist for the PEN USA Literary Award, this novel sensitively captures the angst of a teenage alcoholic in rehab.
A finalist for the PEN USA Literary Award, this novel sensitively captures the angst of a teenage alcoholic in rehab.
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Format: ebook
ISBN: 9781933693798 (1933693797)
Publisher: Cinco Puntos Press
Pages no: 250
Edition language: English
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The Relaxed Ravenous Reader
The Relaxed Ravenous Reader rated it
3.5 How to Tamed Our Monster
Title: Last Night I Sang To The Monster Author: Benjamin Alire Sáenz Publisher: Cinco Puntos Press Publication Date: Sep 1st 2009 Page Numbers: 239 pages Blurb Zach is eighteen. He is bright and articulate. He's also an alcoholic and in rehab instead of high school, but he doesn't remember how he ...
A girl and her books
A girl and her books rated it
5.0 Last Night I Sang to the Monster by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Again, I have no words to describe how much I liked it. Benjamín Alire Sáenz is now one of my favorite authors. He treats subjects like addiction, depression, ptsd with a delicacy and knowledge that makes the reading very compelling. The book just flies, when you realize you're like 10 pages awa...
Romance and other things
Romance and other things rated it
5.0 I am not going to forget this one any time soon
I bought this book after I fell in love with his writing in "Aristotle and Dante discover secrets of the universe". I knew that this book was not a romance (really I do read a lot of books in other genres :)), but subject matter hinted strongly that I need to be in the appropriate mood before starti...
My Never Ending List
My Never Ending List rated it
5.0 Sing to the monster....sing!!
It was the intensity and commitment to each other. The honestly and the hope. The realism and the harshness of it all. Zach finds himself in rehab but how does he get there? He does not remember. The dreams that haunt Zach night and day with images of blood were just glimpse of his past. The ...
A Lot Like Dreaming
A Lot Like Dreaming rated it
4.0
Zac's story is quite interesting, it hooked me in from the very first page and I couldn't look away. All of his struggles and pains and monsters are quite complex and unique and quite relateable. All of the characters are realistic and interesting. Last Night I Sang to the Monster has many messages ...
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