A Monster Calls
By Jessica
@JESSY3236 (18923)
United States
October 20, 2017 12:15pm CST
I finished reading A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness. It is inspired by Siobhan Dowd's books. There is a movie based on the book which I'm watching today.
Big Warning: this is a sad book.
A Monster Calls is about a teenage boy named Conor. His mother is very sick. He kept having a nightmare. One night a monster who appeared as a tree came to him. He was scared at first and thought it was all a dream. The monster though came in peace and told him three stories. The monster wanted Conor tell a fourth story which is his nightmare. (The stories were really good, imo.) His nightmare was definitely a nightmare. The ending was very sad.
I really, really liked this book even though it was really sad. I have one more book to movie book, but it is still on hold. While I'm waiting, I'm going to read The Lincoln Myth by Steve Berry.
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@JESSY3236 (18923)
• United States
20 Oct 17
@TheInvisibleMan It's a great book. I would say a 9. Not a 10 because it's so sad. The movie was good too.
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@TheInvisibleMan (17603)
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20 Oct 17
@JESSY3236 Don't you like to read movies with sad endings? 
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@JESSY3236 (18923)
• United States
20 Oct 17
@TheInvisibleMan no. I like happy endings. Although the movie did have different ending than the book.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
20 Oct 17
I found the movie rather somber.
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@silvermist (19702)
• India
20 Oct 17
I had not read the book.I have been toying with the idea of watching the movie.
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@Kuttu_007 (1940)
• India
20 Oct 17
Usually I never read sad stories...it makes my mood really bad.. but I prefer watching it on screen..
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
20 Oct 17
I have only seen the Trailer to this Film and it seems really good.
Have not read the book though as I like to read them in English only.
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