Reviews

Here There Are Monsters by Amelinda Bérubé

jane_kelsey's review against another edition

1.0

Yeah, no thanks. I love the cover and the premise, but the execution was soooo poorly done and I HATED the sisters - they're self-centered, mean creatures that I did not enjoy reading from their POVs....

linmeih's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

phantomphan28's review

dark emotional medium-paced

4.5

gingerbread_void's review against another edition

4.0

This book was very good for a YA horror. Normally YA horror comes off very cheesy or isn’t scary since the author is to busy focusing on the YA part and not the horror part. This book lucky only mildly falls for that. This book has a lot to like but also some things to hate. Unfortunately I can not dive to deep into this book without spoiling it.

A good portion of this book is very spooky and makes you feel like you have stepped into a monster movie. The monsters are scary and the fear the main character feels is relatable even if she isn’t. Honestly the only thing that really bothered me was the useless romance.

I go on this tangent all the time but I wish authors would just learn to write in their chosen genre and stop adding in useless romances to appeal to more people. It is ridiculous and so very unrealistic! If your sister is missing/ stolen from forest monster you do not have time for a damn romance! I do not care who this romantic interest is they do not matter more than your dang sister! She knew him for a year! So many authors do this and it drives me crazy! For gods sake STOP DOING IT!

tell_them_stories's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.75

betweenthe_pages's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

2.0

tyrkysoveknihy's review against another edition

2.0

Bylo by to i dobrý, kdyby to nemělo tak pitomý postavy a půlka nebyla natahovaná jak rozteklej sýr

+ atmosféra
+ creepy scény

- psycho postavy
- 1/3 knihy než se člověk dostal na konec anotace

DÁLE VIZ RECENZE MadMadiee
SHRNULA TO NAPROSTO BRAVŮRNĚ, POD TO SE PODEPISUJU

kaygeraldine's review

4.0

Predictable ending, but I loved the build up and the main characters!!!

unlifeoftheparty's review against another edition

Too juvenile, bad writing. 

alongreader's review against another edition

3.0

Skye is tired of looking after her younger sister Deirdre. Precious Deirdre who can never get her head out of her strange fantasy worlds, who always seems set apart. Skye's tired of playing along and protecting her, so when Deirdre doesn't come inside one evening Skye just leaves her and falls asleep.

And wakes up to discover Deirdre is missing. Now she'll have to go deep into the heart of those almost forgotten games to reclaim her. And it will cost her dearly.


The summary made this book sound amazing, and there's nothing wrong with it exactly. It's just not for me; I couldn't get into it, I thought it dragged, I wasn't really interested in what happened next. I think it'll do very well in the right hands; sadly, those hands are not mine.


Receiving an ARC did not affect my review in any way.