Will I love The Monk?

The Monk is a character piece with a slow moving story that uses its pacing to pull the reader in. Go into it as blind as possible as it's the kind of story that starts in one place then ends up where you didn't expect. It's billed as a gothic romance, and there's certainly romance contained within, but there's also a lot of horror - in many different forms. Characters you root for at the start may not be the same characters you root for by the end or even the halfway point. It will challenge your thoughts and make… show more.

This is one of the most controversial books of all time.

It was written by a nineteen-year-old and is shocking in all of the best ways. At first, I thought it was a slow read, but as I progressed through the story, it dawned on me that it was by design and the author focused on his character work above all else.

Without the focus on his characters, the ending would fall flat, but I love the last half of the book. It’s a fascinating concept that is even more fascinating to peel back.