An unflinching, darkly funny, and deeply moving story of a boy, his seriously ill mother, and an unexpected monstrous visitor.
At seven minutes past midnight, thirteen-year-old Conor wakes to find a monster outside his bedroom window. But it isn't the monster Conor's been expecting-- he's been expecting the one from his nightmare, the nightmare he's had nearly every night...
An unflinching, darkly funny, and deeply moving story of a boy, his seriously ill mother, and an unexpected monstrous visitor.
At seven minutes past midnight, thirteen-year-old Conor wakes to find a monster outside his bedroom window. But it isn't the monster Conor's been expecting-- he's been expecting the one from his nightmare, the nightmare he's had nearly every night since his mother started her treatments. The monster in his backyard is different. It's ancient. And wild. And it wants something from Conor. Something terrible and dangerous. It wants the truth. From the final idea of award-winning author Siobhan Dowd-- whose premature death from cancer prevented her from writing it herself-- Patrick Ness has spun a haunting and darkly funny novel of mischief, loss, and monsters both real and imagined.
病魔笼罩下的紫衫成了心魔，再暖的回忆与希望也难躲癌症阴冷的触手（尽管好心态仍是走向身心治愈所需的一半，不论患者还是亲友；不因生活的黑暗而遮蔽所有的光明，感激所有的善意，毕竟世界与人的底色是灰色（甚至心魔，所以有些坚强格外疲惫吧；i think i can forgive a kind lie；it's always a possibility；全世界除了自己都向前的空虚与焦虑，轰轰烈烈；在失去的预...病魔笼罩下的紫衫成了心魔，再暖的回忆与希望也难躲癌症阴冷的触手（尽管好心态仍是走向身心治愈所需的一半，不论患者还是亲友；不因生活的黑暗而遮蔽所有的光明，感激所有的善意，毕竟世界与人的底色是灰色（甚至心魔，所以有些坚强格外疲惫吧；i think i can forgive a kind lie；it's always a possibility；全世界除了自己都向前的空虚与焦虑，轰轰烈烈；在失去的预感与恐惧前，照顾好自己，并尽力去做、去面对、去陪伴，再自私、想逃避的想法也不能惩罚得自己太凶（虽不知如何定义尽力，问心无愧？嗯，不放弃的放弃、不接受的接受；很需要的临终教育故事，有时感觉也缺这么一只怪物(展开)
This is the first time I've read a dark fairy tales like this.Though littered with darkness and gloomy things,but I can see love and courage to face death directly."Because humans are complicated beas...This is the first time I've read a dark fairy tales like this.Though littered with darkness and gloomy things,but I can see love and courage to face death directly."Because humans are complicated beasts""You do not write your life with words, the monster said. You write it with actions. "跟着Conor一起痛苦和矛盾，最后也和他一同relief了(展开)
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0 有用 LaoBai 2022-10-09 20:55:27 北京
一个神神叨叨的小故事。 一个初步待确认的发现：少儿文学的一个技巧是用简单的从句结构和基础单词尽可能延展句子，丰富其实意义不太重要的信息密度，如果能处理好韵律和节奏，就会显得很高级。Roald Dahl也是这个技巧。
2 有用 不正解 2019-06-20 14:43:35
本来以为是本儿童文学（后被推荐人纠正是“青少年文学”）读起来不费脑（从文字的角度来说是比较好读的），没想到最后揭示Conor的噩梦让我天灵盖一激灵，久久缓不过神。关于“死亡”与“爱”，不管是小孩还是成人都值得去读的一本书。
1 有用 跟真的似的 2023-11-07 14:08:02 澳大利亚
这本书打破了对怪物的刻板印象，让怪物走进现实，帮助主人公走出即将要失去母亲的痛苦。越看到最后越是佩服作者讲故事的能力，把一个悲伤但是俗套的故事讲的与众不同，让人从来不失去读下去的兴趣，难能可贵。尤其是到最后，为主人公也为读者们提供了一个真正需要思考和感受的方法：通过选择不放弃来放弃，不接受来接受。一本让人痛哭却温柔的书，推荐给每个青少年。
0 有用 Chelsea📚 2022-05-29 20:23:36
最喜欢故事中的故事，这种超出二元对立的复杂存在。
0 有用 Betty 2022-08-18 14:52:35
If you speak the truth, you will be able to face whatever comes...不想让你离开，可是，生老病死爱别离怨憎会求不得，人生七苦我们哪一样能逃得开？温柔的怪物教会Coner学着放手，让人哭泣的故事也教会我学着放手……
0 有用 FSCHNU 2024-06-06 22:30:01 湖南
Learning to bid farewell is difficult, especially for a child.
0 有用 娃洽襾 2024-04-30 12:59:26 浙江
病魔笼罩下的紫衫成了心魔，再暖的回忆与希望也难躲癌症阴冷的触手（尽管好心态仍是走向身心治愈所需的一半，不论患者还是亲友；不因生活的黑暗而遮蔽所有的光明，感激所有的善意，毕竟世界与人的底色是灰色（甚至心魔，所以有些坚强格外疲惫吧；i think i can forgive a kind lie；it's always a possibility；全世界除了自己都向前的空虚与焦虑，轰轰烈烈；在失去的预... 病魔笼罩下的紫衫成了心魔，再暖的回忆与希望也难躲癌症阴冷的触手（尽管好心态仍是走向身心治愈所需的一半，不论患者还是亲友；不因生活的黑暗而遮蔽所有的光明，感激所有的善意，毕竟世界与人的底色是灰色（甚至心魔，所以有些坚强格外疲惫吧；i think i can forgive a kind lie；it's always a possibility；全世界除了自己都向前的空虚与焦虑，轰轰烈烈；在失去的预感与恐惧前，照顾好自己，并尽力去做、去面对、去陪伴，再自私、想逃避的想法也不能惩罚得自己太凶（虽不知如何定义尽力，问心无愧？嗯，不放弃的放弃、不接受的接受；很需要的临终教育故事，有时感觉也缺这么一只怪物 (展开)
0 有用 AsisLou 2024-04-14 15:14:39 北京
This is the first time I've read a dark fairy tales like this.Though littered with darkness and gloomy things,but I can see love and courage to face death directly."Because humans are complicated beas... This is the first time I've read a dark fairy tales like this.Though littered with darkness and gloomy things,but I can see love and courage to face death directly."Because humans are complicated beasts""You do not write your life with words, the monster said. You write it with actions. "跟着Conor一起痛苦和矛盾，最后也和他一同relief了 (展开)
0 有用 莞尔和丸子 2024-04-02 22:47:29 浙江
Let her go. 放过她也放过自己。让家人体面的离去，与自己和解。第四个故事那里写的好好。语言非常简单适合初学者。
0 有用 unibow 2024-03-17 15:47:33 四川
第一本讀完的英文小說，用河馬閱讀器