Sad Monsters: Growling on the Outside, Crying on the Inside, (Paperback)

from A_Reader_of_Fictions

This book consists of forty brief vignettes about various monsters, some of whom are, as the title implies, sad. Not every monster cries himself to sleep at night, though; some quite enjoy their lives of monstrosity. Most of them have romantic problems. It's not easy to be a monster on the prowl ...

from mstrust

A collection of essays by or about monsters with problems. A vampire tries to smooth over the girl he dumped because he doesn't like her enough to make her immortal, there's a glowing reference from a cryptozoological researcher trying to help The Abominable Snowman land a job at Vogue, a note fr...

from Jessica_Olin

I think my mistake was in trying to read this book all in one go. I enjoyed the first couple of essays, but then I started rolling my eyes and feeling irritated. I'll admit I didn't read the whole thing. I couldn't bring myself to. Cute/clever idea, but too much of it all at once just wasn't my t...