Name: A Monster Calls
Rating: 4.444525547445256 (685 reviews)
ISBN: 9781406361803

Patrick Ness

Siobhan Dowd

Conor's mother has cancer and the treatment is not working. He wakes from a nightmare at seven minutes past midnight to find an elemental monster at the window, that demands the truth from Conor.

A Monster Calls

Jim Kay

Thirteen-year-old Conor awakens one night to find a monster outside his bedroom window, but not the one from the recurring nightmare that began when his mother became ill--an ancient, wild creature that wants him to face truth and loss.

tori 👻

“Stories are important, the monster said. They can be more important than anything. If they carry the truth.” 

I thought I knew where I was getting myself into. I didn't.
Finished it in one sitting, A Monster Calls is devastatingly beautiful and I know I'll be thinking about it for quite some time. As someone who can somehow relate to Conor, this was a very tough one to read, but I'm glad I did.

Maui S.

Deepika Ramesh

Patrick Ness' 'A Monster Calls' is one of the best things that has happened to me this year. More thoughts here: https://worncorners.wordpress.com/201...

Thirteen-year-old Conor awakens one night to find a monster outside his bedroom window, but not the one from the recurring nightmare that began when his mother became ill, but an ancient, wild creature that wants him to face truth and loss.

Inspired by an Idea from Siobhan Dowd

Jaden Nelson

First of all, if you are going I read this book, I recommend buying the paperback version with illustrations because they are amazing and add to the intense feels this book gives. I really liked the book, however I was not bawling and immediately shooing a 5 star review after reading it. The synopsis keeps you pretty in the dark and I think that is a good way to go into reading this. Long story short: a very emotion packed story that has a good plot, TONS of symbolism/metaphors (even cemented into the very plot), and an ending that will probably leave you on the verge of tears or bawling. I would recommend reading this to everyone around middle school- adult because I think every time you read it, you can get new meanings out of it. It was a pretty quick read, so why not?

a novel

A monster calls

I'M SOBBING. This book was so so brilliant and handles grief and everything that comes with it so perfectly. Highly, highly recommend this book. And, what a great way to honor Siobahn Dowd <3 

(Bre)anne✨

TW to be added later

I'M SOBBING. This book was so so brilliant and handles grief and everything that comes with it so perfectly. Highly, highly recommend this book. And, what a great way to honor Siobahn Dowd <3 

charisa

4.5 — children’s literature can be so powerful.

Katherine Yang

Alexa M

This is such an unpopular opinion but I really didn't care for this book at all until the end... The end was really good tho!

Salem Jackson

This book was so beautifully written and was so incredibly real. It’s a book to share with friends and family, a conversation to have and I completely, wholeheartedly recommend it.

dija

You're not crying, I am crying. 

PatrickNess is awesomeness.

Jamieson

Today I did something I have never, ever ever ever done

I cried on a train, in front of REAL PEOPLE. 
I ..... expressed a real emotion?

Why Patrick Ness (and Siobhan Dowd). w h y 

Anyway this book is undoubtedly beautiful. The main characters situation really made me feel, as in, sharp shocks that felt like I'd been slapped in the face or punched in the stomach because of how much I felt

And even though this book is small, it is so big. It has so much to say in just the right amount of words, in just the right way. The art throughout is haunting and beautiful, the story pulls you forward, keeps you tuning pages, until that awful but beautiful bitter sweet ending that really had me tearing up like a goddamn baby

Full review to come. I am beyond moved, breathtaking truly and I cannot WAIT for the movie.

A Monster Calls

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