The Monstrumologist | Review 2015

The Monstrumologist (The Monstrumologist #5) by Rick Yancey   

Genre: Horror/YA
Release Date: July 20, 2010 
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Summary:These are the secrets I have kept. This is the trust I never betrayed. 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 one who saved me . . . and the one who cursed me.
 So starts the diary of Will Henry, orphaned assistant to Dr. Pellinore Warthrop, a man with a most unusual specialty: monstrumology, the study of monsters. In his time with the doctor, Will has met many a mysterious late-night visitor, and seen things he never imagined were real. But when a grave robber comes calling in the middle of the night with a gruesome find, he brings with him their most deadly case yet.
 A gothic tour de force that explores the darkest heart of man and monster and asks the question: When does man become the very thing he hunts? (Goodreads)

I think if I would have picked up this book earlier last year I may have enjoyed it. But sadly this was not the case.

I did think the story had potential and it was and interesting idea. The idea of people study monsters was what pulled me into the book.  The thing that threw me off were the characters. The characters didn't feel right. The Monstrumologist felt to be too forceful. It felt like the author was trying to make him a sorta Sherlock character and Will Henry to be his Watson, it failed for me.

I didn't think it would be realistic that an adult would be that naive towards a young child even in the time period the book was set into. Another thing that I felt misguided was thinking that there would be more creatures in the novel and there weren't. I felt that the book needed more action.

This story wasn't for me. I will not be continuing the series.