I had borrowed it from the library, but bought myself a used copy of the original hardcover edition as soon as I finished it. Patrick Ness has given us validation of all the feelings we have in grief - even those we’d rather not admit to - and a heartfelt, wise, poignant reflection of what it means to be human and love others. (Although I can also imagine this might be quite hard to read if it hits close to your real experiences). When I tell you how hard I sobbed!! These are the kinds of books that heal the soul. There are tough things that have happened in the past and are still happening in the present Mikey suffers from OCD, Mel nearly died of an eating disorder, and everyone seems to struggle with. I can’t imagine a more devastatingly beautiful story about grief and love and the range of emotions that accompanies them. And it’s not there to hurt him it’s there for the truth. One night, at 12:07 AM, he’s visited by a monster, though not the one he expects. (I mean, what a team!!) The story itself is about a 13-year-old boy named Connor whose mother is terminally ill. And the audiobook is read, phenomenally, by none other than Jason Isaacs.
The series is named after a line in the first book: 'The Noise is a man unfiltered. It is set in a dystopian world where all living creatures can hear each other's thoughts in a stream of images, words, and sounds called Noise.
The illustrations were done by Jim Kay, whose work you may recognize from the watercolor editions of the first five Harry Potter books. Chaos Walking is a young adult science fiction series written by American-British novelist Patrick Ness. A Monster Calls is a late middle grade/early YA novel written by Patrick Ness and inspired by an idea from the late Siobhan Dowd, a literary titan who died of cancer in 2007.
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