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lisaxq 's review for:
A Monster Calls
by Patrick Ness
An incredibly haunting and sad story with amazing artwork by Jim Kay. This book had me in tears at the end despite the fact that I knew what was coming. Ness and Dowd created a remarkable work about grief and the things we tell ourselves regardless of age to avoid the hard truths.
My favorite lines:
"...your mind will contradict itself a hundred times each day...Your mind will believe comforting lies while also knowing the painful truths that make those lies necessary. And your mind will punish you for believing both."
"You do not write your life with words," the monster said. "You write it with actions. What you think is not important. It is only important what you do."
My favorite lines:
"...your mind will contradict itself a hundred times each day...Your mind will believe comforting lies while also knowing the painful truths that make those lies necessary. And your mind will punish you for believing both."
"You do not write your life with words," the monster said. "You write it with actions. What you think is not important. It is only important what you do."