literature analysis #2

A MONSTER CALLS 💙💙💙(👍👍)
1. A little boy's mom is diagnosed with cancer and his life completely changes for the worse. His best friend tells the whole school, his dad starts a family in a different country, and his mom just seems to be getting sicker. One night a monster appears and he and the little boy start a great adventure. Along this adventure, the monster tells the boy four completely crazy sick ironic stories of the past people who have called him. He tells the boy that by the end of their time, the boy will have to tell the monster his own story. After the monster shows up, the boy's mom gets worse and he's forced to go live with his grandma. The monster then starts telling the boy to start destroying things and the boy follows along. He becomes a chaotic angry kid and blames everything on the monster. At the end of the story, the boy has a nightmare and decides maybe it's time to let his mom go, and maybe it's time to realize he's been ready all along. And that, is why he called the monster.
2. theme: Sometimes it's okay to be vulnerable. We can't hold anger and grudges forever, we have to realize it's better to let the things that are hurting us go.
3. I imagine Patrick Ness going to coffee shops and enjoying good books and being very deep and philosophical. He stays up late at night and goes drinking every weekend.
i can't WAIT til this movie comes out!