A Monster Calls - Patrick Ness, Illustrator: Jim Kay

The monster showed up after midnight. As they do.

But it isn't the monster Conor's been expecting. He's been expecting the one from his nightmare, the one he's had nearly every night since his mother started her treatments, the one with the darkness and the wind and the screaming...

This monster is something different, though. Something ancient, something wild. And it wants the most dangerous thing of all from Conor.

It wants the truth.


When I first saw the book cover in the school library, I was like:
"Hmm... should I read this? I mean, it looks scary. I shouldn't read it."
I checked for any signs of scariness.
There wasn't a label screaming "senior fiction".

Note my confused self. 

That time I didn't want to be a chicken. And so I read the book. Every night. By the end of Friday, I cried my eyes out.

Why? The emotions in the book... it was raw, vulnerable and so intense. Each chapter I had to read.

Do I recommend this book? A million times yes and a million times no. How can I recommend something that will break each and every heart of every person who reads it?

...

How can I not?

Just like the recommendation for the book, 0.4 by Mika A. Lancaster, I can't give away too much detail without spoiling the whole plot. For the plot in the book is so unique, it just isn't fair telling all the details.

But what I can tell you is this: Prepare for tissue boxes, cryptic answers, and strong words. Recommended this book to both genders. A Monster Calls is beyond amazing. :D :-) :P

(This book is in the school library, in the 'Fiction' section)

- Alecs Almazar