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What an amazing story! The book sucks you in from the very beginning and never lets you go, your right there, in the middle of it all, you can feel it, taste it, smell it, and fear it! And who would of thought, this book is classified as a christian based work of fiction! I will definitly be reading more from Peretti!

Peretti takes it to a whole other level in this novel. Keep the light on - you'll be up all night to finish this one.

Wonderful, suspenseful, amazing and terrific come to mind when rating this book! I think that the writing on this book is outstanding and the storyline is just great. I read this one and then handed it to my daughter and then mom; each one of us could not put this one down. That is how good this book was.

"Monster" is the story of a shy, house-bound, stuttering young woman, Beck Shelton. Her husband, Reed, is a deputy sheriff, and though he loves her deeply, he wants to help her broaden her horizons and develop her self-confidence. He has planned a survival weekend with another married couple, complete with a wildnerness guide. But like all of Peretti's stories that deal with the dark side of humanity, things rarely go as planned.

Peretti knows how to grab the reader's attention and hold on with every turn of the page. With a point of view that moves back and forth between those searching for Beck and what Beck is experiencing, there are several edge-of-the-seat moments. A map is included at the end of every chapter to show the location of events that took place in that chapter. And it isn't until the book is nearly concluded, that one finds out who the true monster is.

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I really enjoyed this story! It brought up quite a lot of thoughts about evolution, science, and responsibility to nature. It is classified as Christian fiction, I think, because of it's undertones of creation vs. evolution. I especially enjoyed the relationships amongst the "monsters".
Great story and a fairly quick read.

This is a GREAT book! I love it! I would recommend this to anyone except maybe children under the age of 9 cause they would get lost and kids under 8 would probably have nightmares...