Monsterland

LoveReading Says

From the cover to the contents, this fabulous, knowledgable, and eye-opening book shines a light on the dark world of monsters. All the time there are humans, there will be monsters. We have carried them with us since our time began, when we close our eyes, when we listen to the whispers, when we let the fear in, there they are, existing inside us. I fell in love with The Fairy Tellers by Nicholas Jubber so was looking forward to falling into the pages of Monsterland. The award-winning author not only revels in his subject, he also has the ability to take you with him on his journey around the world. As well as the obvious meeting of monsters, he looks at the lands and people they come from. The connections across continents and the patterns they create, the history and folklore, they all spin together and show how people and monsters live side by side. From the golem of Jewish folklore to Godzilla from Japan, from selkies and giants to vampires and robots, all exist as a place to store fear, to make sense of the unknown, to allow access and a certain control over the uncontrollable. This isn’t an A to Z of monsters as some of the more obvious are not included, it is rather, a stunning personal curation and study of monsters that have been gathered on a journey across different lands. It is absolutely glorious and so has joined our LoverReading Star Books as well as been chosen as a Liz Pick of the Month. Travelling around the world, Monsterland is a beautifully compassionate and enlightened celebration of monsters, and the people and places they inhabit.

Liz Robinson

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