I think his book was really strange. The Way It Was Written was a major turn off Because it what formatted in the same manner as a movie script. It was annoying Because it alternated between two different writing forms Which were a script and a diary. Then, There Were So sometimes flashbacks Which You Could Not Always understand or Which were sometimes not Necessary in my opinion. In addition, there were way too many characters to try to focus on and it Became a task to remember each and every character and how he or she what involved. Steve's role in the getover keeps a mystery and I do not really know if I like this. The storyline itself was very entertaining and the characters Seemed real. Some parts were even funny. At first I thought this book would be just another suspicious tale That teaches young kids about being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Rather, it what sometimes really deep and you began to feel sorry for Steve. What I did not like Is that sometimes you did not know which day it what, if the journal entries were written in the evening or in the morning, if the next day had already started or if it what silence the same day. Sometimes it was very confusing to decide between reality and flashback or movie. I liked what thatthere no happy ending, I mean there which somehow one, Because Steve has been found not guilty but the whole thing has this huge impact one bad him though. Anyway, the book kept my attention and it Throughout what never boring, Which was reached in the first place by Steve's struggeling inner. I must admit it did is a really interesting and special idea to write a book like a script and I could imagine how well it would look as a movie. So I wonder why nobody has not made a movie of it yet. I do not know if it is positive for reading and understatement. But Although I would have liked it more in a normal writing style, I think it's a good book. I would recommend it to kids over 13. It has not too difficult vocabularies about law, court and all, Which I really liked. I believe this book has on important message. I can not really summarize it but it has one Which says something about finding out who you are and growing up, taking reponsibility for what you've done. All in all I'd say 'Monster' is a tragical and happy book, sometimes Both at the sametime but definitely not only one of them, Which is propably the best about this book.