A review by _naanhanaa_
Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova

challenging dark emotional reflective

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.25

I have no idea how to sum up my thoughts of this book. It was such a strange and unusual yet beautifully written exploration of grief and love. The thing I loved most about the book was how montastrilio and M were written. To me, I feel like I was experiencing the struggle between conforming to the human expectations and the Deep desire to be the creature that m was born, with the character. This also reminded me of the book Frankenstein and the things the creature experienced in the human world but also this felt like a different path of what Frankenstein could have been. Because M loved his parents and wasn't angry unlike the creature in frankenstein. There's a lot more I want to say about this book but I have so many feelings and emotions that I just can't put it all into words.