I am very torn with how to rate and review this book. I think this book did a lot of important things. However, I wouldn't say I necessarily liked the book itself. I really disliked the format. It was an unique choice, but I personally wasn't a fan. The movie-style format made it rather dull for me ...
Monster is such a sad, riveting, and realistic tale of a young black man growing up in the projects. Steve is sweet kid, confused and screwed by the system. 16 years after publishing and it still resonates. * Admittedly not a fan of reading the script type set up, but it worked and showed Steve's P...
Title: MonsterAuthor: Walter Dean MyersPublisher: AmistadPublication Date: December 14, 2004Page Count: 281My Format: KindleSource: Overdrive (Public Library) Report CardCharacters- C-Plot C-Setting DOverall D+ Firstly, I don't understand what the bid deal about this book is. I guess it's suppo...
Sixteen-year-old Steve is on trial for the role he played in a robbery and murder of a shopkeeper. To cope with the stress of the trial, Steve starts recording his life as if it were a movie. Steve’s story is told through a mixture of diary entries, movie script, and illustrations. I was a little ...
Monster is my first Walter Dean Myers. I read a lot of YA, but I trend more towards the SFF, and the occasional contemporary romance. I felt a little unsettled reading this book — when you read a romance, you know that in the end, the girl is going to end up with a guy, but the entire way through th...
This New York Times bestselling novel and National Book Award nominee from acclaimed author Walter Dean Myers tells the story of Steve Harmon, a teenage boy in juvenile detention and on trial. Presented as a screenplay of Steve's own imagination, and peppered with journal entries, the book shows how...
Steve Harmon is an African-American teen from Harlem who is on trial for a murder he did not commit. His only crime was being in the wrong place at the wrong time, yet he is considered a monster among the prosecution. An amateur cinematographer, Steve envisions his trial as a movie as he allows the ...
"The best time to cry is at night, when the lights are out and someone is being beaten up and screaming for help." This is what 16-year old Steven Harmon is thinking as he lies on the cot in his jail cell, awaiting trial for murder. He may or may not have been involved in a drugstore robbery tha...
"The best time to cry is at night, when the lights are out and someone is being beaten up and screaming for help." This is what 16-year old Steven Harmon is thinking as he lies on the cot in his jail cell, awaiting trial for murder. He may or may not have been involved in a drugstore robbery that e...
Hmm... I'm still unsure about this one. I wanted to like it more than I did, but it was still quite good overall. I think I'd rate it a 3.5 instead of just 3, but I don't like it so much I want to round up the rating either.What I Liked:- Some may feel that the format of this book (it's written as a...
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