Good Idea : Read A Monster Calls. 
 Bad Idea : Finish Reading A Monster Calls right before trying to sleep. 
 What secrets do you hide that are so terrible? 
 My tear ducts were in full working order last night. Good to know that I won't be needing to have those looked at any time soon. 
 I can not do justice to this story without divulging too much. Monster is moody and atmospheric without being too dark. Monster isn't quite fantastical, but it's a bit too complex to fit into the realistic box. 
 Monster is a melancholy tale, but it's well worth the read. I'd avoided the book for a long time, thinking that I would wait until I was in the mood. I probably would have just kept on waiting, never picking this up. Then a group read came along and I didn't have an excuse any more. I'm glad when these things happen and it forces me to jump the rails. 
 Conor 
 is afraid. His mother is sick and he doesn't know what's going to happen to her. 
 The tree 
 is his guide - a dark, menacing tree. It comes to Conor in the night and forces him to deal with the world that is falling down around him. 
 You'll catch a case of the feels if you read this. And the feels don't wash off easily, so if you happen to be a person who wears makeup, be sure to read the last section of the book when you're not in danger of being seen with raccoon eyes. 
 I rarely read paper copies of books any more so I missed out on the artwork until after I'd finished reading. If you can get your hands on the paper book, I'm sure that your reading experience will be heightened. The artwork is dark, beautiful, and adds an extra layer to the mood of the story. I wish I'd had it while reading. Looking at the pictures after finishing wasn't quite the same. 
 That's all I can say. Every so often, a book trips me up to where I can't fully convey how it impacted me. This is one of those times. Sometimes the words heartbreaking and wonderful can be used to describe the same exact thing.