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A review by issysarchives
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
5.0
I don't cry at books.
I shed a tear or two now and then, but I haven't sobbed so much at a book for years. Going into this I didn't think it would be such a hard-hitting novel for only 200 pages.
It was such a wonderful, brutal story with a message that will stay with me for a very long time.
Don't be fooled by the monster aspect either, it does not consume the story, only adds to the core message of the book.
I'm sat here trying to think of what else to say. I have never read a book that deals with the anger of grief to directly. It is not a quick, easy read, but it's definitely an important one.
I shed a tear or two now and then, but I haven't sobbed so much at a book for years. Going into this I didn't think it would be such a hard-hitting novel for only 200 pages.
It was such a wonderful, brutal story with a message that will stay with me for a very long time.
Don't be fooled by the monster aspect either, it does not consume the story, only adds to the core message of the book.
I'm sat here trying to think of what else to say. I have never read a book that deals with the anger of grief to directly. It is not a quick, easy read, but it's definitely an important one.