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What is Monster about?

<p>&ldquo;Something glimmered in that black chasm... Two huge eyes, like silvery green headlights floating slowly in the dark. They blinked... then vanished..." More terrifying ...</p><h3>Publishers Weekly</h3><p>In this long-awaited novel, Peretti (This Present Darkness; The Visitation) tells the story of a young woman who disappears in the Idaho wilderness and the ensuing search for her. The author's prose is clear and crisp, with only a few lapses into Lovecraftian hyperbole: his description of the novel's almost mythical setting is rich and detailed without being overwritten and his characterization of the woman, Beck, and the very unusual creatures she encounters is compelling. Peretti successfully incorporates several contemporary detective drama/suspense thriller tropes; one of his main characters, for example, is a crime scene investigator, and welcome doses of forensic evidence and DNA analysis are thrown into the mix. But the novel suffers from too many supporting characters, and Peretti's failure to develop them greatly compromises the conclusion. More problematic, though, is the novel's agenda with regard to the theory of evolution. Not raised overtly until the middle o

Who reads Monster?

Author

Peretti, Frank E.

Publisher

Thomas Nelson Incorporated

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9781595541215

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Thriller, Mystery

Rating

3.8 / 5 (17,820 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13