Review: 5 stars
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 29, 2013
I try to make a point never to go back and re-read my reviews. I always end up wrinkling my nose before tearing those buggers down promising myself that I'm "just going to polish them up real quick" and then totally repost them.WHICH NEVER HAPPENS.But it's Monday, and work is ten kinds of effed up today, so I forgot about this rule of mine and reread my review for Club Monstrosity.Then laughed for about an hour.See, I was trying this thing where I swear less and I've already sworn several times in this little ramble alone. I mean, the review hasn't even started yet...Plus I don't really think I expressed how effing awesome Club Monstrosity was.I promise, this time I'll do better.The Monsters in Your Neighborhood is so freaking good, I nearly wet myself.I know what you're thinking right now. "But Ginny, how do we know you're not simply prone to incontinence." And the answer to that is simple. If I was, trust me, there would've been a post about it.So now that you know that this is, in fact, a big deal let me tell you WHY I nearly peed myself.First, I still effing love monsters. So effing much. It's not like that changed in the past three months. And guys, not only are all the monsters still here (minus the blob, of course) but we have a few new additions in the form of Igor (YEAH!) and Patrick, who is a Cthulhian-esque creature. (EFFE YEAH!)And it's not enough that these characters in and of themselves are epic, effe no, it's what Ms. Petersen does with them that takes them to totally new heights. (This is where I got "Such Great Heights" by Postal Service stuck in my head... so if the rest of the review seems disjointed it's because I'm trying not to transcribe the song as I hum it...)...In all seriousness though, this book handles a lot of things really well. Monsters in Manhattan *gigglesnort*, an age old vendetta, mystery, betrayal, romance, more betrayal, and seriously what the effe is going on right now? And then some more betrayal.Oh, and a remote I seriously need to get...Don't look at me like that. I wouldn't use it for anything bad. Just to like, make sure the laundry gets done.And that I get the hope diamond.WHAT?The ending, you ask because I got off-topic... again. Well things are wrapped up in what could be described as a nice little package, since it only one loose end. Does this mean it's the end of the series? I am not so secretly hoping it isn't... but if it is I at least won't spend the rest of my life going "but seriously... what ever happened to...?"5 stars.Okay, so my husband just informed me that I never pointed out what was so awesome I nearly peed myself. Aside from everything working out, and how much I really love these characters, it was actually the description of the Cthulhian-esque monster, and this part near the end that I can't really get into without spoiling some majorly big somethings. See, if I could, I would spend every night playing Arkham Horror... but since I can't (because setup of that game alone takes FOREVER) I'll settle for squealing over awesome Cthulhians.