One of the best books ive ever read and ive read hundreds. Im ok with that, since much of the time is devoted to will henry and dr. Books to movies that need to hurry up and come out updated weekly. Free download or read online the monstrumologist pdf epub book. The images are gloriously and goriously frightening, so much so that my tweenage daughter could not finish it nor could a male friend of hers. Warthrops childhood his father had studied monstrumology, and after he finished school he began to study monstrumology like his father, and later hired james henry as his assistant, but after he died in a house fire, he took in will henry to be his apprentice. The premise behind the whole book is that the story of will henry is being posthumously transcribed from his journals by some anonymous author. A monster hunting doctor and his apprentice face off against a plague of monsters in the first. The final descent by rick yancey this last volume of the splendidly gruesome monstrumologist series depicts sixteenyearold will henry rebelling against the authoritarian rule of his mentor and sometimes nemesis dr. The book, set up as the journal of william henry, follows wills life as a monstrumologist assistant through one of wills most harrowing adventures. I also understand that the time period in which it is set definitely would not have had a female monstrumologist.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the monstrumologist. It is the first book in the monstrumologist series, followed by the curse of the wendigo. I can definitely see the darren shan comparisonsthis is like a slightly more serious, birthofscience take on the idea of a boy torn from his parents to be raised by an unfriendly but goodhearted man of means who is both deeply knowledgeable and deeply enmeshed in a dark, supernatural world most people are blissfully unaware of. Sorry for the lack of structure in this video, but i hope you enjoy regardless. The monstrumologist book central rappahannock regional. Oct 19, 20 in the two middle books, we get brief exposures to dr. The monstrumologistseries overdrive rakuten overdrive. The monstrumologist monstrumologist, book 1 by rick yancey.
Once again aimed at the ya crowd, yancey overshoots his target audience and makes a book that will be deemed a great read by discerning adults as well. The monstrumologist is told from the perspective of a boy named will henry, who works for a man named pellinore warthrop he is a monstrumologist, or someone who studies monsters. Rick lives with his wife sandy and two sons in gainesville, florida. Sep 10, 20 this second book in the monstrumologist series explores the line between myth and reality, love and hate, genius and madness. This gothic novel is both a thrilling and scary diary of a 12year old boy.
Set in 1888 the story is told through the diary of will henry, assistant to the monstrumologist dr. Sep 22, 2009 the monstrumologist is a literary fiction ya horror which also happens to be a printz honor. A doctor who studies dangerous creatures is pulled into a mystery involving a race of maneating species known as anthropophagi. It was entertaining, exciting, terrifying, humorous, and most enjoyable. Pellinore warthrop, a man who specializes in monstrumology, the study of monsters. Whens the last time you had to sleep with your light on. The best writers of our generation retell the classics. Pellinore warthrop, a man who specializes in monstrumology, the study of. Well, get ready to reset that date, because the monstrumologist will make you want to keep all the lights on, and maybe put a baseball bat under the bed, too just in case this is the tale of an orphan boy named will henry who works as an assistant to the eccentric dr. This book starts the diary of william james henry, orphan and assistant to a doctor with a most unusual specialty. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 434 pages and is available in hardcover format. And it is fantastically gory and bloody always a plus in horror novels. It gives me a chance to reflect on and analyze the series as a whole.
Like many concepts in the book world, series is a somewhat fluid and contested notion. It looks like we dont have any quotes for this title yet. The monstrumologist is the first book is this series of adventurous horror novels. The monstrumologist books headed to the big screen. Monstrumologist series fanfiction archive fanfiction. I can definitely see the darren shan comparisonsthis is like a slightly more serious, birth of science take on the idea of a boy torn from his parents to be raised by an unfriendly but goodhearted man of means who is both deeply knowledgeable and deeply enmeshed in a dark, supernatural world most people are blissfully unaware of. This last volume of the splendidly gruesome monstrumologist series depicts sixteenyearold will henry rebelling against the authoritarian rule of his mentor and sometimes nemesis dr. But he is dead now and has been for more than forty years, the one.
Through the last three books, will has continued to spiral down, down, down into a personal darkness from which he believes there is no salvation. This study guide consists of approximately 49 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of the monstrumologist. The monstrumologist is one of the best books i have ever read. In this collection, awardwinning and bestselling authors reimagine their favorite classic stories, ones that have inspired, awed, and enraged them. The monstrumologist by yancey, rick as an apprentice to a monsterhunting doctor in 1888, will henry and his boss are brought a corpse entwined with an anthropophagusa supposedly extinct monster that feeds through teeth in its chestand the two must race to stop it and its kind from consuming the world. When yanceys writing action sequences, hes superb, keeping things moving along quickly and getting a great mix of suspense and brutal, gory action. Documenting the gothic horror in his diary discovered by author yancey while researching one of his alfred kropp titles is 12yearold orphan william james henry, assistant to monstrumologist dr. Pdf the monstrumologist book by rick yancey free download. Hmm the monstrumologist is well written yes, yes many people describe it as literary fiction and of course there is the printz thing. A good rule of thumb is that series have a conventional name and are intentional creations, on the part of the author or publisher. The monstrumologist yancey, rick 9781416984481 hpb. The monstrumologist 2009 the curse of the wendigo 2010 the isle of. Descend into the monstrous depths of horror and gory, gothic adventure with the complete monstrumologist collection from rick yancey, now available as a collectible boxed set.
These first three journals folios i, ii, iii include the story of will henrys battles against. It chronicles the adventures of a scientist who researches and studies monsters in the 1800s, and his young assistant. A monsterhunting doctor and his apprentice face off against a plague of monsters in the first book of a terrifying series. Whether science, history, adventure, or horror is your genre of choice, theres something for pretty much everyone in these pages. The first edition of the novel was published in september 22nd 2009, and was written by rick yancey.
A have read the series too and would like to read other thoughts on it. These first three journals folios i, ii, iii include the story of will henrys battles against the anthropophagi, ravenous, maneating creatures. The final descent monstrumologist, book 4 by rick yancey. His is a peculiar life, full of late night dissections, cemetary romps, visits to lunatic asylums, and bloody battles in the depths of the earth. Monstrumologist series fanfiction archive with over 22 stories. Rick yancey is the author of the monstrumologist, the curse of the wendigo, the isle of blood, and the final descent. The monstrumologist is the first in a series of books written by rick yancey. The monstrumologist is a literary fiction ya horror which also happens to be a printz honor. The final descent is a horror novel by rick yancey, the fourth and final book in a series that he inaugurated in 2009 with the monstrumologist it was published.
When a graverobber brings them the body of a young woman wrapped in the corpse of a headless monster, the doctor aborts the monster fetus from her and kills it. The monstrumologist marked a turn in genre for yancey, though, and his subsequent books including three more in the monstrumologist series all have a distinct scifi flavor. See the complete the monstrumologist series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. In the two middle books, we get brief exposures to dr. The story follows will henry, an orphaned assistant to dr. Not much had happened in the world of monstrumology. Dark and labyrinthine, and a satisfying conclusion to the monstrumologist quartet. The monstrumologist is a young adult horror novel written by american author rick yancey. The monstrumologist 2009 the curse of the wendigo 2010 the isle of blood 2011 the final descent 20.
The monstrumologist by rick yancey overdrive rakuten. The monstrumologist is the first stunning gothic adventure in a series that combines the spirit of hp lovecraft with the storytelling ability of rick riorden. Literature is filled with sexy, deadly, and downright twisted tales. Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and videos from thousands of public libraries worldwide. If you would like to participate, you can edit one of the articles mentioned below, or visit the project page, where you can join the project and contribute to the general project discussion to talk over new ideas and. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Yancey kicks off a new series set in 19th century united states featuring monstrumologist pellimore warthrop and his young apprentice will henry. But he is dead now and has been for more than forty years, the one who gave me his trust, the one for whom i kept these secrets.
The book is split into three parts, referred to as folios. An old man reveals a childhood spent in the late 19th century as an apprentice to a monstrumologist a doctor who studied monsters. Then, once the monstrumologist receives a second morning visitor and the action starts going again, i got completely hooked, finishing the book in about an hour and a half of solid reading. The conceit is that rick yancey has collected and publishededited the journals of will henry, detailing will henrys life from the time he was first adopted at a young age by dr. In 1888, these beasts, originally from africa, have begun attacking a new england village. The monstrumologist by rick yancey, is a victorian monster story unlike any i have ever read. All the data from the network and user upload, if infringement, please contact us to delete. This second book in the monstrumologist series explores the line between myth and reality, love and hate, genius and madness.
The main characters of this horror, young adult story are pellinore warthrop, will henry. The monstrumologist by rick yancey is a horror novel with a coming of age background that makes for a wonderful young adult novel. Poor twelve year old william, an orphan, is the apprenticeassistant to the monstumologist. This article is within the scope of wikiproject novels, an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to novels, novellas, novelettes and short stories on wikipedia. Series was designed to cover groups of books generally understood as such see wikipedia.
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