i think this is honestly the best book about grief and coping that i have ever read. it was a wonderfully imaginative and truly insightful story. i love how it expressed such a tender subject in a really wild, but gentle, way. i wish i had half the creativity and story-telling ability that patrick ness has. i cant believe such a powerful message was held within such a tiny book. it just goes to show that you dont need a lot of words to impact someone if they are the right words. ↠ 5 stars

I got back to my apartment in Bulgaria and thought I'd read a little bit of this novel before I went to bed. 2 hours later I was still sat in my original position but by this time I was sobbing my heart out. Literally sat there crying like a baby to myself. I doubt this book will be everyone's cup of tea but, whatever it has, it really worked it's magic on me.I thought A Monster Calls was pretty much amazing in every way; from it's darkly beautiful illustrations (worth buying a paper copy fo

real sad girl shitya i’m in my tears and i’m in my feelings toothat’s why every time you see me i got tissuesahhhhh

I loved this, it's heartbreakingly beautiful and i cannot recommend it enough.

Such a beautiful and gripping story. I feel like this is one of those books that will stay with you long after you've read it.

You can also find this review on my blog, Cait's Corner! First things first: This almost never happens, but I have to admit that I cried at the end of this book; I clutched my cute little kitty-kat and bawled.However, I didn't cry because of what the book in general, necessarily, but because of what it did to me. It drags out your saddest memories and pains, kicking and screaming, makes you look them right in the face and watch them all happen all over again, no matter how much you don't want...

To see this review and others, please visit www.readrantrockandroll.com A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness is a book like no other and one that I'll never forget. My first rating in January on this book was 4 stars. I couldn't figure out why, I just didn't love the story. I re-read it this past weekend and I've revised my review.*This review may contain spoilers for those who haven't read the book...I was very angry, then sad, then had mixed emotions in between. My main issue when I first read it w...

Tears. Lots of them.

Please excuse my ramblings, I read A Monster Calls in three hours and I am still extremely emotional. I should not have been given access to a computer after such a powerful book.As I am writing this, there are still tears coursing down my face--black from my mascara. I may look like something straight out of a horror movie, but my soul feels lighter somehow. I was fooled into thinking this would be a simple story as it is only 200 pages, but it is not. It is so not. This book is raw and emotion...

”The monster showed up just after midnight. As they do.”Seven minutes after midnight ANDone hour after finishing the book:*sits in a pile of tissues and STILL weeps*<--- This was me on Saturday.This is me now, four days after reading the book:*sits down to write a proper review but immediately starts to cry again* I can’t write a review about this book, I just can’t!!! Heaven knows I’ve tried to, but whenever I think about “A Monster Calls” I’m tearing up again. Just to think about this b...

this book is a perfect modern fairy tale.not a nice disney one with singing birds where everyone gets to go home with their prince and all of their limbs, but the older, darker kind involving foot-choppery and decimation.lemme step back a bit. i added this book to my to-read shelf the moment i saw its cover here on goodreads.com. i knew nothing about it except that something in me bellowed "WANT!" i did not win it in the firstreads giveaway (naturally) and as more and more people began writing r...

Someone please send some chocolate, a hug, and possibly some Irish scotch my way. I think I'm dying. If I'm not dead already, that is. It's half past midnight, I'm an ugly sobbing mess and I think that noise I just heard was either my soul ascending to another dimension or my heart -or what's left of it-breaking in my chest. I feel nothing but numbness right now, though, so it could easily be both. I hate this book so much.It touched me in some very sensitive spots, rubbed its salty and book

In the dark of night, when the house is still, what fears creep into your heart? For Conor O'Malley, his nightmares take the shape of a very old and very dangerous monster who visits him every night at seven minutes past midnight. He's half-convinced that these must be dreams of his fevered mind. But how can they be, when the visits are so vivid and when he finds physical evidence of the monster's existence the next day?Conor's nightmares begin shortly after his mother starts her treatments for

A Monster Calls has to be the most inventive book I've read this year. And I find myself struggling to put in words how much this book has touched me. But it did. If you haven't read A Monster Calls, I suggest you immediately purchase it. Don't read the e-book because you would miss out on the amazing artwork. This book is stunning. Masterfully written and beautifully drawn. I remember the first time a book made me cry like this. I was in eighth grade in my English class, sitting under my desk i...

I just read this book from cover to cover.I have no idea how to rate it.It is the worst book I've read.I would never be able to recommend it,because I hated it.It's ripped my heart in two.It'll make you think of losing the one person who means the most to you. Or it'll make you think of those you've already lost.It's not a happy book, but it's an important one.

TEAR JERKER ALERT!TEAR JERKER ALERT!OMG, I’m a 40-plus-year-old DUDE and I almost lost it a couple of times.There is not always a happy ending. I know this, we all know this, in life as in fiction. Hell, I even welcome it sometimes and give a “meh” to too cheesy a Hollywood ending or even a thumbs down to a deus ex machina. As any reader of Cormac McCarthy knows, sometimes the best ending is not the one that leaves us all warm and fuzzy.Patrick Ness’s 2011 short novel was based on a concept from...

I'm still absolutely crushed and made whole by this book. It is a story that's so emotional and vivid in pain and suffering that my heart just broke a thousand times. And reading Ness' note at the end...he was just bringing this one thought to the table: having conflicting emotions. And he nailed it. It's something you don't even think about having, but it really is one of those things that say you're losing your innocence. When life becomes complicated enough to want and hate the same thing. Bu...

Whyin the world did I re/read this right now!YES...THIS BOOK IS A HEART BREAKER :(Conor's mom is dying, he won't believe it. He says she's just having her treatments and she will get better like last time. I'm not really sure if the yew tree monster is in his mind to help him or if it's real. I like to think it is a little of both. It is there coming to Conor's window trying to get him to come out and talk to it. I really liked the graphics in this book, they are not not oh and ah, they are just...

“Who am I?” The monster repeated. “I am the spine the mountains hang upon! I am the tears the rivers cry! I am the lungs that breathe the wind!...I am everything untamed and untameable! I am this wild earth, come for you Conor O’Malley.” I enjoyed this tale, though I have to admit I wasn’t as blown away as the masses of other reviewers seemed to be. I’ve read a lot of books on tough topics, including illness and while I believe this one was done very well it didn’t stand out from among many oth

I don’t think I can write a review for this book. I feel neither equipped, nor inclined, to make an evaluation of A Monster Calls based strictly on its literary style and merits. (Therefore, if you’re looking for an analysis of the plot, characters etc – you will be better served with another review). So I’m writing a response instead. Or, I will attempt to. I have a difficult relationship with books that deal with the subject of death and grief. Occasionally, I find a book that is moving and re...