Title- The Monster Who Wasn’t
Author- T.C. Shelley
Publisher- Bloomsbury India.
Format- Paperback
Pages- 288
Genre- Middle-grade fantasy
Publication date- 8th Aug 2019
Ratings- 4.5/5
Book blurb:
This is the story of a creature who is both strange and unique. When he hatches down in the vast underground lair where monsters dwell, he looks just like a human boy – much to the disgust of everyone watching. Even the grumpy gargoyles who adopt him and nickname him ‘Imp’ only want him to steal chocolate for them from the nearby shops. He’s a child with feet in both worlds, and he doesn’t know where he fits.
But little does Imp realise that Thunderguts, king of the ogres, has a great and dangerous destiny in mind for him, and he’ll stop at nothing to see it come to pass .
My review:
โ๐๐ฝ’๐ผ ๐ช ๐๐ฎ๐ต๐ต-๐ด๐ท๐ธ๐๐ท ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฝ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฝ ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ผ ๐ช๐ป๐ฎ ๐ซ๐ธ๐ป๐ท ๐ฏ๐ป๐ธ๐ถ ๐ซ๐ช๐ซ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ผ’ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ป๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ต๐ช๐พ๐ฐ๐ฑ. ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฝ ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ท๐ธ๐ฝ ๐ช๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐ต๐ต ๐ญ๐ธ๐ฌ๐พ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ท๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ธ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ธ๐ท๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฌ๐ธ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ผ ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฝ๐ธ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ.โ
The book is based on the concept that monsters are born with last sigh of human. “The monsters who Wasn’t” is a story of a creature named ‘Imp’ who is strange, unique and born with both; the first laugh of baby and the last sigh of human. The gargoyles who adopted him and gave him his nickname just wanted him to steal chocolates for them. On the other hand Imp is just sweet, innocent and not at all monster-ish, who doesn’t even know where he fits.There were plenty of characters that could have easily boggle up the entire read but Shelley held the plot exceptionally well. The introduction of gargoyle made me fall for the book even more. I kept speculating but every page was extremely unpredictable. As a debut book the author has done an incredible job by annexing various characters and experimenting with peculiar concepts yet upholding the amusement and charm of the book. A middle-grade book with a compelling plot, extraordinary elements and absolutely enlivening narration that has ogres, gargoyles and goblins. Shrek fans wouldn’t want to miss this read!
Thanks to @bloomsburyindia for the #gifted copy.๐ป
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