An unflinching, darkly funny, and deeply moving story of a boy, his seriously ill mother, and an unexpected monstrous visitor.
At seven minutes past midnight, thirteen-year-old Conor wakes to find a monster outside his bedroom window. But it isn't the monster Conor's been expecting-- he's been expecting the one from his nightmare, the nightmare he's had nearly every night since his mother started her treatments. The monster in his backyard is different. It's ancient. And wild. And it wants something from Conor. Something terrible and dangerous. It wants the truth. From the final idea of award-winning author Siobhan Dowd-- whose premature death from cancer prevented her from writing it herself-- Patrick Ness has spun a haunting and darkly funny novel of mischief, loss, and monsters both real and imagined.
My Rating: 5/5
I had no idea what this book was about before I picked it up which I am happy about because it hit me harder than I'd expected.
Conor was such a likable character and I loved his relationship with his mother.
When I picked this book up I expected a creepy, horror story and whilst there was a creepy tone to the story the overall plot is far from that and I am not even disappointed by this because I loved this book so much.
The edition I read (pictured above) didn't include any illustrations and now reading other reviews of this book makes me want to read the illustrated version.
The fact that another author had the idea for this book and gave it to Patrick Ness before she died adds to the overall feeling of the story and makes it more poignant.
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