beagley 's review for:

A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
4.0

Coincidentally, I read “I Kill Giants” right before this. Both books have the same bones, the same key motivations, structural elements, and central story. Both do a good job of expanding on familiar tropes by using creative thorns… but. I did get bored. DNF, 26%, even though I think this is probably a terrific book.