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A review by jess_mango
My Name is Monster by Katie Hale
4.0
After war and the Sickness wipes out humanity, Monster evolves from a seed vault in the Arctic, where she hid when the missiles were headed her way. She makes her way back to her family's home in Scotland, knowing that they and everyone else, is dead. She scavenges for food and supplies and considers herself a survivor. She reflects on her life a little as she makes her way across the countryside and bombed out towns. She was always a bit of a loner, so she isn't too overcome with the loss of people. Then she finds a feral young girl and brings her back to where she's settled. Monster changes her own name to Mother and gives the girl the name Monster.
This book was cleaved into two halves. The first half is told from the perspective of the adult Monster and the second half is told from the young Monster that she takes under her wing. This book was dark yet fascinating. We are dropped into a post-apocalyptic world where we only see two people, the protagonists. Everything is destroyed or abandoned. Many homes and businesses were looted by the last survivors, before they too died. It had some flavors of [b:The Road|6288|The Road|Cormac McCarthy|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1600241424l/6288._SY75_.jpg|3355573] (Cormac McCarthy), which is one of my favorite books. The writing is powerful and I would even say isolating...since we are seeing things from the perspective of these two people who never encounter another human other than each other in their "current day". The direness yet monotony of their lives is made clear. Life centers around staying fed and warm. The elder Monster/Mother remembers life as it was , but is determined to be a survivor and faces the new way of life stoically. Meanwhile, the younger Monster only has snippets of memory from before she was found by Mother so is curious about how things were and yearns for more than their repetitive existence.
I highly recommend this one!
What to listen to while reading...
In the Air Tonight by Lucy Dacus
Exit Music by Radiohead
Game of Survival by Ruelle
A World Alone by Lorde
Beaten Down by Sharon Van Etten
Thanks to the publisher for the review copy!
This book was cleaved into two halves. The first half is told from the perspective of the adult Monster and the second half is told from the young Monster that she takes under her wing. This book was dark yet fascinating. We are dropped into a post-apocalyptic world where we only see two people, the protagonists. Everything is destroyed or abandoned. Many homes and businesses were looted by the last survivors, before they too died. It had some flavors of [b:The Road|6288|The Road|Cormac McCarthy|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1600241424l/6288._SY75_.jpg|3355573] (Cormac McCarthy), which is one of my favorite books. The writing is powerful and I would even say isolating...since we are seeing things from the perspective of these two people who never encounter another human other than each other in their "current day". The direness yet monotony of their lives is made clear. Life centers around staying fed and warm. The elder Monster/Mother remembers life as it was , but is determined to be a survivor and faces the new way of life stoically. Meanwhile, the younger Monster only has snippets of memory from before she was found by Mother so is curious about how things were and yearns for more than their repetitive existence.
I highly recommend this one!
What to listen to while reading...
In the Air Tonight by Lucy Dacus
Exit Music by Radiohead
Game of Survival by Ruelle
A World Alone by Lorde
Beaten Down by Sharon Van Etten
Thanks to the publisher for the review copy!