Here There Are Monsters
A BookBud Review
By Amelinda Bérubé
Finished 02-07-2020
Genre: YA Horror
Basic Plot: Skye and Diedre find themselves in a new home, and Skye’s ready to to take that as a fresh start to her whole life. She doesn’t want to be Diedre’s protector anymore, and she’s trying to make friends. Diedre however, doesn’t feel the same and she just seems to keep getting weirder, until one day, she disappears somewhere into the woods behind the family’s house. Now it may be back up to Skye once again to pick up her sword, rescue her sister and relive her past, but at what cost to her own future?
Notable Quote: ‘“I think maybe you’re always alone for the apocalypse.” I kick at a crust of snow. “That’s how you find out who you really are. Survivor or zombie.”'
Overall Rating: ⭐️⭐️
Readability: 3/5
Plot Interest: 1/5
Creativity: 2/5
**SPOILER ALERT**
This book left me feeling...icky. I thought about giving this a one star rating because the characters were annoying, the plot felt forced and that ending, well I personally hated it. But it was written decently enough to be considered an ok novel, plus I realize I may have a little bias from the beginning. I felt the whole withholding secrets of the main character’s past was quite annoying and then when it was actually revealed it turned out to be kind of a let down, nothing surprising based on the foreshadowing given. The characters are also very young so somewhat unrelatable for me, and their immaturity caused all the drama in this novel including the main plot between the sisters. If these had been adult characters, there wouldn't have been a plot.
It only earned 2 out of 5 stars in my eyes. It was book about bad decisions and in the end, it still felt like the main character would continue to make them and had learned nothing. I wanted to enjoy this but it was too immature and frustrating. There was really no point in this narrative that I had my expectations met. That all being said, it was written decently as far as skill goes. It had a few quotable lines but that's really all I enjoyed about this.
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