A MONSTER CALLS is beautiful, terrible and profound. I have not been this emotionally invested in a story in many years and savored each page of this story that draws you in so completely that you find yourself totally at the mercy of the narrative. Each of the four stories in A MONSTER CALLS evoke real emotion and a sense of love and loss that is truly poignant as Conor, a young boy trying to deal with his mother’s terminal cancer, is visited each night by a monster who insists that it is Conor who has summoned him. The monster says he will tell Conor three true stories after which Conor must tell a true story of his own or face the wrath of the monster.
The stories told by the monster are thinly veiled representations of characters and situations Conor is confronting and attempting to cope with. Each of the stories contains a life lesson in the complexities of people’s behavior, the judgement and punishment for ones foibles while ultimately revealing that it is being truthful that is the most important gift we can give ourselves.
This review is just a brief glimpse into a wonderful book that can be enjoyed by the YA crowd and as well as adults. We can all learn from this insightful book.
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