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A Monster Calls

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A Monster Calls

By: Patrick Ness
Narrated by: Jason Isaacs, Patrick Ness
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Costa Award winner and Guardian Prize winning author Patrick Ness delivers an extraordinarily moving novel about coming to terms with loss.

The monster showed up after midnight. As they do. But it isn't the monster Conor's been expecting. He's been expecting the one from his nightmare, the one he's had nearly every night since his mother started her treatments, the one with the darkness and the wind and the screaming.... This monster is something different, though. Something ancient, something wild. And it wants the most dangerous thing of all from Conor.

It wants the truth.

©2011 Patrick Ness (P)2011 Bolinda Publishing Pty Lty Dark Fantasy Family Family & Relationships Fantasy Literature & Fiction Science Fiction & Fantasy
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Critic reviews

" A Monster Calls fuses the painful and insightful, the simple and profound. The result trembles with life." ( The Indpendent)
"Exceptional.... This is storytelling as it should be - harrowing, lyrical and transcendent." ( The Guardian)
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A story full of sorrow, I knew this was book was sad to read but the narrator made it even more sad to listen to.

A wonderful book

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An amazing representation of the stages of grief portrayed in a fantastic storytelling.
This book will create a knot in your throat like no other.

What a ride

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Loved the story and the performance. Cried my eyes out because it hit too close to home.

I enjoyed it greatly

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Although I’m 13 this is one of the best books I’ve heard in a long time aswell as with the boy who harnessed the wind

Amazing

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The story is heartbreaking but incredibly honest. It's also beautifully written. It shows how different people deal with guilt and loss, and I was able to see a little bit of each character in me as well, which I always appreciate.

I loved the narrator too! The voice of the monster is really engaging, with a certain tenderness to it even when he's mad. Great rhythm and tone. A really enjoyable performance.

If you're looking for a quick but deep story, and don't mind the tears, go for it. It's totally worth it.

A great story and a great narration, too!

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Personally, it doesn't hold up to the illustrated book but was incredible nonetheless. Made me cry on the way to work 10/10

loved it as a kid, love it now

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