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The Monster (2012)

by Garth Nix(Favorite Author)

3.7 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0545258987 (ISBN13: 9780545258982)

languge

English

genre

Horror

publisher

Scholastic Press

series

Troubletwisters

review 1: Jaide and Jack are trouble twisters, wardens in training who are too young to control their powers. In the last book they defeated The Evil but they are no longer sure they did so, there are signs it is back. Trying to get their grandmother, a warden, to believe them in another matter. And something is happening with the cats in the area. Jaide and Jack have to figure out what is happening and looks like there is going to be more then one fight on their hands.I had some big issues with this book and the previous one which is surprising since the authors are so talented. The book read more like a junior fiction then a young adult, with the dialogue clunky and sometimes repetitive. The pace and plot had major issues as well.
review 2: For a children's book it was... more good, and the lack of teenage angst was very appreciated.Names could be a lot more creative because really The Evil doesn't inspire fear.More like hysterical laughter.Some nice character developement and the supportive characters were starting to be fleshed out.The powers continued to be nice and original .The main issue I had with it was the fact most of the book was spent withJack and Jaide going"we saw the Evil and it ran us over ,yablahblah we can be trusted...Awkward situation in which grandma saves them but doesn't answer questions."Repeat Repeat againNow repeat it more Now you know 50% percent of the bOok. less

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