Monster: Walter Dean Myers

Jay Patel

Block 3

Book review

            The title is of the book is Monster. The author of this book is named Walter Dean Myers. It took place in a city. It is about a shooting at the robbery that has occurred in a store. The court and the police have convinced themselves that the young boy was part of the robbery that was taking place. His name is Steve. He was 16 and his friend Bobo was selling cigarettes and got caught and snitched them both out. They called Steve “Monster” throughout the book because they thought that a young boy would never do the thing that they thought that he did.

I liked how it shows what has been happening before and then it goes back to what happened after. I didn’t like how it ended even though there so was so much proof that showed that he wasn’t involved in the shooting. The court still turned on him and made the wrong decision. I recommended this book to people who like mystery and it is based on a true story. I give this this book a 4 out of 4 because of all the violence it describes from robbery to shooting. It had all the details it needed.

This book will keeps you thinking at the end of every page. The book makes you want to keep reading. The book is good for people that love to predict what happens next. It has a lot of foreshadowing. This book is all about remembering the facts. It is a creative way to read because it is formatted like a play. It changes plots and the changes to settings in a way you will find out by the characters talking.