Un monstruo viene a verme / A Monster Calls: Inspired by an idea from Siobhan Do wd ? (Paperback)

from msf59

"The monster showed up just after midnight. As they do." When we were growing up, I think we all thought about monsters. The ones in the shadows and the ones under our bed. Conor is thirteen and no exception. One night, he spots one outside his bedroom window. This is no ordinary monster. It has ...

from DeltaQueen50

I don't believe that I have the words to do justice to A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness. This moving, heart-breaking and incredibly brave book left me in a puddle of tears, but truly grateful that I was pointed in it's direction. This book deals with the sensitive subject of facing up to the reali...

from waclements7

A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness, Inspired from an idea by Siobhan Dowd, Illustrations by Jim KayCandlewick Press; 2011I am not exactly sure how to write a review on this book. When I first saw that it had illustrations, the first thing I thought of was The Inventions of Hugo Cabret, which this mo...

from Whisper1

Yes, this is a dark tale and it took some time to get with the flow and to understand that the monster who calls and visits Connor is truly the dark side of a little boy who is in the throes of grief and simply cannot process the pain and his feelings of loss, anger and rejection. Yet, amid the d...

from SharonMariaBidwell

I knew the story though this is my first reading of this book, but I doubt it will be my last. Technically classed as a book for children, it's one all of us need to read. Almost all of us will be in young Conor's position at some point — losing someone we love from an illness. We'll experience e...