Modern Monsters
Vic’s always been the awkward, blend-into-the-crowd kind of guy. If not for his best friend dragging him along, Vic never would have been at the party that night. But he was at the party that night, and he did help the passed-out-drunk Callie Wheeler upstairs and into a bedroom. Where he left her...
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Vic’s always been the awkward, blend-into-the-crowd kind of guy. If not for his best friend dragging him along, Vic never would have been at the party that night. But he was at the party that night, and he did help the passed-out-drunk Callie Wheeler upstairs and into a bedroom. Where he left her to sleep it off.He swears it.So when Callie claims Vic raped her that night,
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Edition language: English
One of the first things that struck me about Modern Montsers was the voice, that of a teenage male and something that there is not enough of in YA literature. And that voice was convincing and empathetic. Vic is not the stereotypical YA hero and I LOVED that. His best friend is one of the more p...
„Modern Monsters“ ist wieder mal eine ARC-Version, zur Abwechslung jedoch kein Debüt. Kelley York hat schon einige Bücher geschrieben, die alle überwiegend positive Bewertungen bei Goodreads erhalten haben. Sie nutzt den Young Adult-Bereich, um relativ unkonventionelle Ideen zu verarbeiten. Ihre Cha...
For me, reading Modern Monsters got off to a rough start. Right away I thought the pacing of the story felt strange, and I immediately struggled with falling into Vic’s voice. As the story got moving there were aspects of the book that I really liked, such as Vic’s BFF friendship with Brett, and I f...