Monster

By: Walter Dean Myers

Narrated by: Full Cast

BONUS FEATURE: Afterword read by the author

Sometimes I feel like I have walked into the middle of a movie. Maybe I can make my own movie. The film will be the story of my life. No, not my life, but of this experience. I’ll call it what the lady who is the prosecutor called me. Monster.

FADE IN: INTERIOR COURT. A guard sits at a desk behind STEVE. KATHY O’BRIEN, STEVE’s lawyer, is all business as she talks to STEVE.
O’BRIEN
Let me make sure you understand what’s going on. Both you and this King character are on trial for felony murder. Felony murder is as serious as it gets….When you’re in court, you sit there and pay attention. You let the jury know that you think the case is as serious as they do….
STEVE
You think we’re going to win?
O’BRIEN (seriously)
It probably depends on what you mean by “win.”

I wanted and needed more from this great story.

I find that I needed much more out of the story and characters. I also struggled with the screen play setting.

A read never to be forgotten

An interesting story told in an unique style that makes the book a quick, but unforgettable read.

A semblance of justice

The ending left this reader with a semblance of justice. Since it was written through the lens of a teenage boy, certain observations were superficial and locking depth at times. But I find that was intentionally done by the writer to give this a juvenile vibe. Well done.

Great Book!

I love this book, and I can see myself listening to this again and again. I never heard of this book until my brother recommended it to me.

Decent book

It was decent just seemed a bit messy but I had to read it for English. Pretty quick read I finished it in less than three class periods.