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Summary: Don't waste your time!
Review: When I finished this book i thought what a waste of time that was. I was not impressed with the writing or the character growth. If you are looking for a good read you will not find it in this book. My advice to you DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME READING THIS BOOK!!
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Summary: monster
Review: In the beggning a kid named Steve Harmon was in a drug store. While he was in the store a robbery took place and the shop owner got shot by a man named King. Eventually he died and the courts charged Steve and King for the murder. The book is basically about Steve, the main character and his trial. I'm not going to tell the end but it is kind of a mystery. Was he in the crime or was he not in the crime. This book is a definite 5 in my place. I feel that its a perfect examle of teenagers in the ghetto and in jail. I would really recommend reading this book.
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Summary: MONSTER
Review: it is the greatest book and all of my friends agree. i love how he writes it as a movie. read it!!!!!
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Summary: ''Monster madness''
Review: Monster is about steve harmon from harlem he is on trial for murder.His role is to tell them if it's clear.He was not in the store at the time of the shooting.So you're probably thinking he's inecint but the judge may not think so.You will need to read it to find out .I am not done with it but I'll finish. ''5 Big stars''
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Summary: Incredibly Deep
Review: Maybe I'm a little bit biased, being a staunch Walter Dean Myers fan...but my hope is that I can still review this book fairly so that you, the potential reader/purchaser of this book will know what they're getting into. "Monster" is a very moving novel that, although filled with raw emotion, does not come across as overly-mushy or overly abrasive. That it manages to be truly realistic and "gritty,"(which seems to be an extremely popular description) without being depressing is impressive enough itself.....but to top it off, Mr. Myers' latest book is also incredibly deep. We are actually given a glance into the very soul of Steve Harmon, (the authors protagonist)and what we see is amazingly human.....And very, very, rare. So, why only four stars?? Well, there ARE times where Mr. Myers gets TOO into his play of emotions....and the book gets a little bit over-baring. But hey, don't let that scare you off, it only happens once or twice and is soon forgotten. Over all, "Monster" is a very satisfying read. And for teens or adults that are conservative in what they read....there is nothing to balk at in this book. Oh, hey, it even has a moral!!
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Summary: "Brilliant"
Review: Great book. I thought it was one of the best books Iv'e ever read. The way myers made it so you believe he has been this charecter is amazing. A must-read book."*****"
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Summary: Monster: Innovative but Unsatisfying
Review: Monster is an innovative, gritty, and ultimately unsatisfying book about a 16-year-old's murder trial. The format is attention-getting; it combines journal entries and a script penned by the 16-year-old protagonist. However, the format also guarantees that the boy's character and the world around him remain sketchy. All the reader knows of Steve Harmon is what Steve Harmon reveals, and that isn't much. The neighborhood where he grew up is vaguely depicted, the parents are well-meaning but generic, and Harmon himself is inscrutable. Some might find this intriguing; I found it incomplete. Readers weaned on cop shows will find the sets & secondary characters familiar -- the lawyers, judge and fellow inmates come right out of Law and Order. In general, the book is a fine idea but is disappointingly insubstantial and cliched.
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Summary: Gripping Book One of Myers Best Books!
Review: After reading about Steve Harmon, I could not get him out of my mind. I was moved by this book, because it seemed as though you are going through the arrest and the anticipation of awaiting the verdit. It was hard for me to put the book down. But once you read this snapshot of Steve Harmon's ordeal, you'll be confused, angry, happy and sad all at once. I applaud Mr. Myers on a job well done.
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Summary: This deserves a Newbery!
Review: Monster is about a 16-year old Steve Harmon, on trial for being the supposed "Lookout" in a fatal shooting during a robbery of a local convenience store. Supplied with a notebook they let him have, he records the trial in a movie script type theme. At first, when I flipped through the book during our time at the Book Fair, it sorta confused me. Then I read some of it aloud, and I understood it. It moved me at the first page, that's how good it is! This book recieved a Printz Award (very distinguised and honorable) a Coretta Scott King Award (that means it is a book that promotes peace), and a it was a National Book Award Honor (you should know that is good!). Therefore, it recieved my honor-I am known for picking good books at school, and this was excellent.
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Summary: Grappling with Morality
Review: An emotionally complex and engrossing tale, Monster takes us into the world of the criminal justic system through the eyes of sixteen-year-old Steve Harmon, a high school student with a passion for filmmaking. Steve is on trial for felony murder, a charge that, if proven, carries the penalty of life in prison or death. It is, as his lawyer tells him, "as serious as it gets." Steve is accused of being a lookout for a drugstore robbery that left the store's owner dead. As the novel opens, Steve writes from his cell in the detention center and captures the terror of being in prision. It is not about bars and being locked up, he tells us, "it is about being alone when you are not really alone and about being scared all the time." Myers makes it clear that Steve is not a hardened juvenile delinquent, but rather an educated, artistic teenage who has landed in a horrific situation. His trial is to begin the next day and Steve decides to record it in the form of a screenplay. Turning his experience into a movie, he hopes, will help him make sense of his situation and stem his overwhelming anxiety. The novel is written largely as this screenplay - a verbatim account of the legal proceedings - punctuated with Steve's journal entries, in which he gives voice to his inner turmoil. The dual literary structure provides interest while keeping readers focused on the trial, the all consuming event that will determine whether Steve has a future or not. Myers writes with the authority of one who has witnessed actual trials, not just those dramatized on TV or film. In Steve's screenplay, the lawyer's questions and the witness responses, as well as the cynical guards and bored judge, sound true to life. His screenplay includes interjected scenes relating to the case, such as the television newscast of the robbery and his arrest at home by New York City detectives. As the trial unfolds we learn that, whether or not he is guilty of murder, he is certainly guilty of associating with unsavory characters. Desiring to be "player" in his neighborhood, Steve apparently befriended a gang member and a felon. The novel's central question is whether Steve participated in the robbery and Myers provides no easy answers. This is not a novel of transformation or redemption; it is a brutally hard coming of age tale. Steve is plunged into the process of defining himself as he listens to the prosecutor accuse him of "walking a moral tightrope" and dismissing lawyer's efforts to distance him from the other men on trial. The choices he has made carry immense consequences and Myers never lets up on the severity of Steve's situation. Readers will likely finish this well-crafted novel in one sitting; the pace is brisk and the tension runs high. Leaving readers with many unanswered questions, Monster challenges its young audience to define what ir more and what is not. Recommended for high school reading.
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