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!

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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.

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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.

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Great book as far as scary books go. Not much on the spiritual side of life but a good book anyway. Don't judge a book by its cover because if you do, you will probably not pick this one up. There are some graphic scenes played out but other than that it gives a sound story of deception, corruption and the good guys winning in the end. I wouldn't recommend this book for a younger audience because of the intense descriptions but should be okay for teens and older.

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Great suspense! I couldn't put it down.

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A surprisingly credible story of how totally wrong human creativity can go and the power of compassion. Peretti's character's are real, and the remarkably visual story draws and holds the readers full attention.

From a note to the Reader by the Publisher, WestBow Press: "Be prepared to enter into deep wilderness where the rules of civilization no longer apply. A world where strange shadows lurk. Where creatures long attributed to overactive imaginations and nightmares are the hunters ... and you are the hunted."

A great quick read for a big book.

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Kind of a bigfoot and king kong rolled into one

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This really tickled my funny bone. Though it is very much Peretti and scary/intriguing I also found it humorus that he would pick this thing to be his focus. Loved it!

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Am I hearing things, or is it something out there? A stick cracks and I jump. This is the experience I had after reading this book. Edge of your seat drama and suspense kept me turning the pages. Frank Peretti has done a great job at keeping my attention. I love this book and his style of writing. Just don't go camping any time soon...

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"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.

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A solid, enjoyable suspense story starring the Pacific Northwest's biggest, hairiest, squatchiest wildlife. A search party goes out to hunt the 'bear' that has dragged away a young woman-- but do some of the hunters have ulterior motives?
As a biology student I could have done without the attacks on Darwinism that get slipped in occasionally, but the strength of the storyline pulled me through. 3.5 stars for a well-plotted, enjoyable read.

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