My Favorite Thing is Monsters

 Book 7 of my 2025 Reading Challenge

read from January 10 - 11

My Favorite Thing is Monsters by Emil Ferris

published 2016

My Opinion

5 stars

Typically I would include a brief summary of the book but this book is difficult to concisely describe.  I will say if this book calls to you, give it a try and you won't be disappointed.

I love the oversized book because it adds so much detail and speaking of details, having the pages appear like lined notebook paper really made it feel like I picked up someone's doodle journal (although just saying these are "doodles" underestimates the drawing).  The downside is there was so much going on that I had to purposefully slow down and take breaks to avoid overstimulation.  There weren't natural stopping places so it literally was 416 pages of content (according to Goodreads, there weren't page numbers in the book).

The storyline kept things moving but the design is really the star of the show.  I wish I understood more about the ending but I think it's a combination of things I missed and having a cliffhanger to go into the next volume.