Book Response

In the book I’m reading called “A Monster Calls” by Patrick Ness, the main character is a boy named Conor O’Malley who’s mum is dying of cancer and a monster comes to visit him and makes Conor, who has been avoiding the idea of his mum dying, tell the truth about how he feels.

In the book, the monster represents truth and fear. The monster is what Conor feared, because Conor feared facing the truth about his feelings towards his mom’s sickness. The stories that the monster tells, makes Conor repeat in real life, for example, one time he wrecked his grandmother’s living room, and another time he beats up a mean kid from his school, and then in the last story where his mum dies, happens in real life.