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BOOK REVIEW: Monster
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by: Vennessa Ng Dancing Word Reviewer
Title: Monster Author: Frank Peretti Publisher: WestBow ISBN: 1-5955-4032-6 Genre: Inspirational/Thriller/Suspense “There are things out there you’ve never seen, never felt, things you need to experience,” Reed Shelton tells his wife, Beck, as he leads her into the woods for a week of survival skills. What was really out there was beyond anything Reed could ever imagine. Reed and Beck trek to the campsite, only to find the cabin destroyed and their guide missing. Determined not to let this ruin their survival week, Reed makes the decision to camp for the night and wait for their friends’ arrival the next day. With darkness come wails, snaps and thumps. Something is out there. Watching. Waiting. Then pursuing! Reed and Beck flee for their lives. Then the unspeakable happens. Reed watches helplessly as a huge foul smelling creature carries Beck away into the darkness. As Beck experiences things her husband had never envisaged and learns the ultimate survival skills, local townsfolk and friends join Reed in a hunt that leaves a trail of victims. It soon becomes apparent that they aren’t the only ones doing the hunting. Exactly who, or what, is hunting whom? With each pulse-racing sentence, Peretti had me hooked from page one, and kept me turning the remaining 418 pages of his fast paced thriller about things that go bump in the night. Monster proves Peretti is the master of suspense. Just when you think you have it figured out, BANG, Peretti hits you with another twist. For old and new fans alike, Monster won’t disappoint. A must read – but perhaps better read in daylight hours! | |
