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A review by loiereads
Beast by Ally Kennen
3.0
Beast is a YA thriller by Ally Kennen that follows 17 year old Stephan, a foster child with a complicated past. Stephan is hiding a secret. A pet, that was given to him by his father. But this pet isn’t like your cat or my dog. No, this pet it much larger, and much more dangerous. During the story, we see the ways in which Stephan has to secretly feed this pet, and the worries he has surrounding it. If it will get out, if it will kill someone. If it will kill him. There’s a lot of mystery going on in the first half of the book, which keeps you reading and wanting to find out more.
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POSITIVES:
* interesting storyline
* nice, quick and easy read
* mysteriousness of the storyline makes you want to carry on reading
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NEGATIVES:
* pretty slow at the start
* a lot of passages that felt a little unnecessary
* nothing stood out majorly to me
* there's probably some bigger metaphorical meaning behind this book, but I'm probably just too plain-thinking to see it
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Nevertheless, this was an interesting one, with a storyline that I’ve never seen before so kudos for Ally Kennen for that!
You can read an extended version of his review on my Wordpress blog at:
https://loiereads.wordpress.com/?p=1680
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POSITIVES:
* interesting storyline
* nice, quick and easy read
* mysteriousness of the storyline makes you want to carry on reading
-
NEGATIVES:
* pretty slow at the start
* a lot of passages that felt a little unnecessary
* nothing stood out majorly to me
* there's probably some bigger metaphorical meaning behind this book, but I'm probably just too plain-thinking to see it
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Nevertheless, this was an interesting one, with a storyline that I’ve never seen before so kudos for Ally Kennen for that!
You can read an extended version of his review on my Wordpress blog at:
https://loiereads.wordpress.com/?p=1680