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What Members Thought
Big fat tears streamed down my face at the end. What happened is indeed so utterly human and something I think everybody can relate to, but so beautifully written. Well done Patrick Ness, well done.
"A Monster Calls" is a beautiful and dark tale of love, loss, and truth. This book could be a therapeutic read for readers at any age coping with a loved one who is fighting for life, but it is also an arresting fairy tale that occupies the territory of nightmares and is bold enough to show us the powerful wisdom those nightmares have to offer us. I started reading this today at the library while waiting for my daughter to finish her homework. Two hours and 160 pages later, I realized I had been
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Patrick Ness seems to have taken up the same mantle as Robert Cormeir as a YA writer who specializes in difficult and heavy subjects: exploring suicide (in More Than This) and a prolonged, suspended grief (in A Monster Calls). Each writer has the ability to describe a state of mind and paint comprehensive psychological portraits of teenage characters using their thoughts and impulses like an artist would use shade and color.
What I liked about this book is the honest and sympathetic look at grief ...more
What I liked about this book is the honest and sympathetic look at grief ...more
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Wow I did not expect this book to be so emotional and address what it’s like to be a child dealing with the impending death of a loved one ...more
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