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eriicaj 's review for:
House of the Beast
by Michelle Wong
I absolutely loved this. Thank you to Netgalley and Harper Collins for the ARC. This wasn’t something I usually would have picked up for myself but I’m so glad I got the opportunity to read it.
Alma is an ostracised girl sent to live with her narcissistic, uncaring father. At the beginning of her story she has no friends, save for her ‘monster.’ Her monster describes her as ‘the worst of the worst.’ She doesn’t seem to care to make friends and her only focus is seeking revenge on her father.
As the story develops, she learns to trust and care for others, much to the ire of her monster. Her monster almost seems like a metaphor for her fighting her inner demons. Despite being described as the worst of the worst, Alma has always battled herself over her guilt and her unwillingness to hurt others even if it will achieve her goals of revenge against her cruel father. There was a line that really stuck with me when I read this; “if you spend all your energy fighting yourself, how shall you defend against the ones who actually mean to hurt you?”
I could not have predicted the ending of this at all and I really thought it was such a great twist. I felt like this was a very powerful story about Alma overcoming her inner struggles and learning to be her own person. It was well written and the illustrations throughout were really beautiful
Alma is an ostracised girl sent to live with her narcissistic, uncaring father. At the beginning of her story she has no friends, save for her ‘monster.’ Her monster describes her as ‘the worst of the worst.’ She doesn’t seem to care to make friends and her only focus is seeking revenge on her father.
As the story develops, she learns to trust and care for others, much to the ire of her monster. Her monster almost seems like a metaphor for her fighting her inner demons. Despite being described as the worst of the worst, Alma has always battled herself over her guilt and her unwillingness to hurt others even if it will achieve her goals of revenge against her cruel father. There was a line that really stuck with me when I read this; “if you spend all your energy fighting yourself, how shall you defend against the ones who actually mean to hurt you?”
I could not have predicted the ending of this at all and I really thought it was such a great twist. I felt like this was a very powerful story about Alma overcoming her inner struggles and learning to be her own person. It was well written and the illustrations throughout were really beautiful