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Merissa (12066 KP) rated The London Monster in Books

Feb 10, 2021 (Updated Jun 10, 2023)  
The London Monster
The London Monster
Donna Scott | 2020 | Fiction & Poetry, History & Politics
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
THE LONDON MONSTER is set about one hundred years before Jack the Ripper, and tells the story of a man who attacked women at night. It became known that he would only attack beautiful women, so it was almost a 'badge of honour' to have been chosen.

I have to say, I had no idea who it was, right up until The Final Note. The characters all intermingle, and you have no idea how much until it is revealed by the author. Simply wonderful!

This book reads as a standalone and I have no idea if the real London Monster was ever truly identified. I would love to know more about Tom, Sophie, and in particular, Dalton and Cuthbert. Those two got off very lightly in my opinion.

A long book that you can fully immerse yourself in, I found this to be one of the best mysteries I have read in a long time. Absolutely recommended by me.

* A copy of this book was provided to me with no requirements for a review. I voluntarily read this book; the comments here are my honest opinion. *

Merissa
Archaeolibrarian - I Dig Good Books!
Feb 10, 2021
  
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Lou Grande (148 KP) rated Monster: A Novel of Extreme Horror and Gore in Books

May 9, 2018  
Monster: A Novel of Extreme Horror and Gore
Monster: A Novel of Extreme Horror and Gore
Matt Shaw, Michael Bray | 2015 | Horror
4
6.5 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
Engaging (0 more)
Long exposition (3 more)
Shifting narratives
Many typos
Anticlimactic Ending
The authors of MONSTER preface the book with a warning to the readers, cautioning them about the contents of the book. They really play it up: debating whether or not the story was too dark or too extreme and needed to be censored. It's ridiculous. If you've seen the first five minutes of the remake of The Hills Have Eyes 2, you've read this book. Matt Shaw really phones it in. He seems to be doing pretty well, popping out a book every month or so, and probably making a decent bit of cash too. So you'd think he'd be able to afford an editor. MONSTER is riddled with typos that should embarrass professional writers, like the misuse of "it's" and "its" in the same sentence, and a complete lack of knowledge on how quoting dialogue works. Also, it's almost impossible to get a sense of where this book is set until they explicitly tell you. All the characters use British slang and spellings, but it's set in Indiana. Okay.

Matt Shaw says in the introduction that he writes his endings to leave the audience reeling. That's true. Because I wasted three hours or so on one of the most underwhelming, anticlimactic, predictable endings I've ever read. It felt like he was written into a corner, so he just STOPPED. That's how abruptly it ends. And yeah, we all get it. "Who's the real monster?" Really original.

Also, it's Patrick Bateman in American Psycho, not NIcholas. Wikipedia is a thing. So is imdb. Do your research!
  
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Roxanne (13 KP) rated A Monster Calls in Books

Nov 9, 2018  
A Monster Calls
A Monster Calls
Patrick Ness | 2016 | Children
8
8.6 (40 Ratings)
Book Rating
✮✮✮✮

I picked this book up expecting it to be a horror/monster novel but it turned out to be so much more than that. This was such an emotional roller coaster and it has stayed with me for a long time after reading.
The hardback copy of this book is beautiful and the illustrations within really adds something special. If you have lost someone to life-sucking disease then you may find this read difficult, I must admit I did at times. It is written beautifully and contains characters that are so easy to relate to.
I recommend this book no matter your age or background.
  
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book sparrow (239 KP) rated Pretty New Doll (Pretty Little Dolls #3) in Books

Dec 16, 2019  
Pretty New Doll (Pretty Little Dolls #3)
Pretty New Doll (Pretty Little Dolls #3)
K. Webster, Ker Dukey | 2017 | Crime, Erotica, Horror, Romance, Thriller
9
8.5 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
darker than black
i cant breath ...i think i held my breath the whole way through this book.
some of this book was way to disturbing for me yet i couldn't looks away.
Just when you think benny is the worst monster you have ever seen then they introduce the master. oh and the the poor twisted new dolly....i mean who knew she would turn out to be a match i mean omg what can i say i am loving these book im just so sad that the next will be my last while im overly eager to get reading it right now.....so i guess i will
  
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BobbiesDustyPages (1259 KP) rated A Monster Calls in Books

Sep 5, 2017  
A Monster Calls
A Monster Calls
Patrick Ness | 2016 | Children
10
8.6 (40 Ratings)
Book Rating
Beautiful story (2 more)
Relateable characters
Absolutely gorgeous illistrations
Personally, it hurt to read (0 more)
No matter your age this book will affect you in some way.
A Monster Calls is one of those books that really stuck with me after reading it and I can really see it sticking with me for years to come because at its bare bones it is a book about grief and just how unfair life can seem to be.

I will admit that this book did make me cry like a freaking baby even though I was reading it on the train on the way home from work, and the thing was that it wasn't really the ending( I pretty much figured where the story was going from the beginning) but it was that it brought up so many not only memories but the feelings I went through under a similar event.

Even though this book is listed as a children's book it really is a book for a person of any age.