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A review by phoenix_7
The Monster at the End of This Book by Jon Stone
5.0
Complicated, joyless, unpopular opinion ahead!
I know this is a cult classic --and I like this book-- but holy crap it's traumatic! It does amazing, interesting things with metafiction and its own bookishness. But the narrative is founded entirely on torturing the poor creature *begging* for help. What does it mean that the plot essentially requires the reader to ignore and find joy in ignoring Grover's pleas?
I still love it, which says... something?
I know this is a cult classic --and I like this book-- but holy crap it's traumatic! It does amazing, interesting things with metafiction and its own bookishness. But the narrative is founded entirely on torturing the poor creature *begging* for help. What does it mean that the plot essentially requires the reader to ignore and find joy in ignoring Grover's pleas?
I still love it, which says... something?