So the monsters in Lucille were seemingly normal people that did horrible things and the angels were also just normal people that rooted out those monsters. Jam had heard stories of how horrifying it had been to see the truth of how many monsters there were in Lucille – the public ones, the private ones, the chameleons, the freestyle solitary ones, the charismatic smiling ones.” ”It was no small thing to try to restructure a society, to find the pus boiling away under the scabs, to peel back the hardened flesh to let it out. After all there are no monsters in Lucille, at least not as long as you overlook their dark deeds and neither confront yourself or them with the truth. And if you don’t call them out and allow yourself to be lulled into a false sense of security you give them the power to do whatever they want to without them ever facing the consequences. I think in some way the message is easier to convey if you have the help of a monster to do it, because after all you expect monsters to know about monstrous things, right?! What I really liked about the book is how it shows that even in a seemingly perfect world there can still be monsters. It’s a tough one to understand for kids and I really liked that the monster helped Jam and Redemption to approach the topic. Just like in “A Monster Calls” we have a very serious topic that is hard to put into proper words.
You could see things clearly if they were honest you could decide what to do next, because you knew exactly what you were dealing with.” ”That was something she’d taught Jam – that a lot of things were manageable as long as they were honest. I really liked this about the book and it gave me a lot of “A Monster Calls” vibes. I mean Jam is a black trans girl that doesn’t speak and uses sign language instead (I think this is called selective mutism) so the language she uses to describe things and feelings is very different to those of other people. We see everything from Jam’s perspective and this was done so well. I don’t even know where to start but I think we’ll just go with the writing style first because it’s very unique but also kind of perfect to convey this important story to the reader. Wow… this book caused me to think about so many things. „It wasn’t like the angels wanted to be painted as heroes, but the teachers wanted the kids to want to be angels, you see?“
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