Review: Monster
Redactionele recensie - Kirkus ReviewsIn a riveting novel from Myers (At Her Majesty's Request, 1999, etc.), a teenager who dreams of being a filmmaker writes the story of his trial for felony murder in the form of a movie script, with journal entries after each day's action. Steve is accused of being an accomplice in the robbery and murder of a drug store owner. As he goes through his trial, returning each night to a prison where most nights he can hear other inmates being beaten and raped, he reviews the events leading to this point in his life. Although Steve is eventually acquitted, Myers leaves it up to readers to decide for themselves on his protagonist's guilt or innocence. The format of this taut and moving drama forcefully regulates the pacing; breathless, edge-of-the-seat courtroom scenes written entirely in dialogue altemate with thoughtful, introspective joumal entries that offer a sense of Steve's terror and confusion, and that deftly demonstrate Myers's point: the road from innocence to trouble is comprised of small, almost invisible steps, each involving an experience in which a ""positive moral decision"" was not made.
Review: Monster
Gebruikersrecensie - Bayla - GoodreadsWritten as a screenplay, Monster tells a story of one boy's living nightmare. Steve Harmon agreed to serve as lookout for a robbery, and a man died. Now he's on trial as an accessory for murder, and ... Volledige recensie lezen
Review: Monster
Gebruikersrecensie - Khaleelcarrington - GoodreadsKhaleel Carrington Block: 3 Date: 4/4/2013 Book: Monster by Walter Dean Myers Monster Myers purpose of writing this book is to show how being at the wrong place at the wrong time could possibly affect ... Volledige recensie lezen
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Gebruikersrecensie - Julie Tang - GoodreadsJulie Tang Mar. 20. 2013 Advisory Book Reviews Mrs. Byrne Monster Harpercollins Publishers, 2001, 281 pp, $9.99 US/ $10.99 CAN Walter Dean Myers ISBN: 0-06-440731-4 Steve Harmon from Monster by Walter ... Volledige recensie lezen
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Gebruikersrecensie - Gina Wymore - GoodreadsWalter Myer's book Monster is a young adult novel about a boy being accused of a crime he did not commit. This story tells the trial of a 16 year old African American boy named Steve Harmon who is ... Volledige recensie lezen
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Gebruikersrecensie - Andrew Foley - GoodreadsThis award winning novel written by Walter Dean Myers provides the reader with a unique look into a young man's experience with the judicial system of his hometown, Harlem, New York. The main ... Volledige recensie lezen
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Gebruikersrecensie - Shelby Olszewski - GoodreadsThis book is a set up as a movie script and diary entries. Steve Harmon the main character is scriptwriter. He is on trial for the murder of Mr. Nesbitt. Mr. Nesbitt was the owner of a convenience ... Volledige recensie lezen
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Gebruikersrecensie - Sydney Gottlieb - GoodreadsThe genre of this book is realistic fiction. This book is a very interesting book because of the main guy named Steve. Steve is charged for murder and he is only sixteen! The whole book is in a movie ... Volledige recensie lezen
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Gebruikersrecensie - Loo - GoodreadsThis is a book about a sixteen-year-old boy, Steve Harmon, who ends up on trial for felony homicide. He is terrified, and we hear his thoughts through his journal, which holds both his thoughts and a ... Volledige recensie lezen
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Gebruikersrecensie - Lemoyne Thomas - GoodreadsThe book monster was a very interesting book. It was mostly about a troubled kid, Steven Harmon, who is on trial for murder.Steven writes in first person narration on his trial and out as if it is a ... Volledige recensie lezen
