Synopsis from the Book
In the real world, Eliza Mirk is shy, weird, and friendless. Online, she's LadyConstellation, the anonymous creator of the wildly popular webcomic Monstrous Sea. Eliza can't imagine enjoying the real world as much as she loves the online one, and she has no desire to try.
Then Wallace Warland, Monstrous Sea's biggest fanfiction writer, transfers to her school. Wallace thinks Eliza is just another fan, and as he draws her out of her shell, she begins to wonder if a life offline might be worthwhile.
But when Eliza's secret is accidentally shared with the world, everything she's built - her story, her relationship with Wallace, and even her sanity - beings to fall apart.
Middle of the Book Check-In
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This book really gave off the same vibes that Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell did, and by that, I think the main core of these two books have similar ideas. I feel like I could relate to the fanfiction side of Eliza and Her Monsters more, mostly because the book didn't talk about Eliza's stories and then cut to the same exact excerpt.
Anyways you really see Eliza's self-confidence issues on the very first page when she talks about how she is Eliza Mirk but online she is this amazing persona named LadyConstellation. I feel like you see this confidence in her MirkerLurker profile, which is pretty amazing because the people she talks to on the second profile really knows that she Eliza. So it really shows that she has the potential to be that confidence in herself all the time. Then she meets Wallace and he really helps her come out of the shell in the real world. This first half of the book really hit so strong! I loved the characters and even though it started out kind of rough it was still amazing. The roughest part, in the beginning, was being hit with so many characters at one time with no real explanations on who they were. Then as you read and the story unfolds you really start learning who each person is and what their purpose is. I love how Eliza and Wallace really connect with one another! It first started when their homeroom teacher throw these two together so that Eliza can Wallace around the school since he is new. But what does Eliza do? She just leaves him and says that the school isn't that complicated. These two really don't come together until the two school bullies are picking on Wallace and Eliza stands up to them. After that even these two really start building a relationship! I love these two characters. The first part is really a 5 out of 5 for me.
(1/1/19)
End of the Book Thoughts
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I love how Wallace really brings more and more people into Eliza's tiny circle. Eliza really cannot talk to people in person without anxiety and as the book progresses this really changes. Eliza helps Wallace too because he has issues talking when there is a lot of people around. I mean most of the book these two characters are talking on a computer, texting, or writing notes out on paper.
Suddenly the world finds out that Eliza writes Monstrous Seas and everything changes. It was hard to be mad at her parents for telling the world because they really did not know how popular the comics really were. Plus they were talking about how much they love and appreciate their daughter when they made the newspaper post. This makes it sound like the post was some random thing, but it was what this tiny town did when their seniors were about time to graduate. So the way this information was crazy because you couldn't be mad at how it got out.
Then the fallout was HORRIBLE! People were terrible to Eliza once they found out, some were really nice to her. But the way Wallace reacted was awful! I hated the way this side of the story came out. I really enjoyed this story but the second half of this story was a 3 out of 5 story. I love how Eliza and Wallace made up and how the story ended but getting to that point was awful! It was also nice that they started going to therapy, they both really needed it.
So my overall rating for this story is a 4 out of 5 stars. I really did enjoy this book, I mean I literally read this entire book in one day! It was a very cute story and had some really touching moments. I loved the characters and the story overall.
(1/1/19)
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