SPOILERS:

REALLY. I’M SPOILING THIS.

SPOILERS.

I TOLD YOU.

SPOILERS.

A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness is a 2016 YA fantasy novel with illustrations that I enjoyed until I found out the monster was cancer and Conor’s mom dies.

I really don’t know where I thought the novel was going, but I still was super bummed by the ending.

A monster shows up every day at 12:07 AM or PM to tell Conor stories. The monster tells Conor four separate stories. Or Conor helps tell them. I don’t remember.

I really thought it was going to be better. I really thought it was going to be more compelling.

It wasn’t bad, exactly. It was well written and the illustrations were awesome. I really liked the illustrations. But the book itself was billed to me as scary, and it wasn’t. It was just depressing.

MEH.

Tagged: authors: patrick ness, books: a monster calls, genre: supernatural