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Title:
The Monster At The End Of This Book
Subgenre:
Feelings
Series:
A Little Golden Book
Binding:
Hardcover
Edition:
15th
Type of Book:
Fiction
Number of Pages:
24
Number of Chapters:
0
Date Added:
2018-06-26 16:49:29
Synopsis:
Having read the title page (or, in later editions, the cover) Grover is horrified to learn that there is a monster at the end of the book. He immediately begs the reader not to finish the book, so as to avoid meeting this dreadful scary monster.
Growing increasingly fearful as the reader continues to turn pages and frustrated that they do not seem to realize the terrible danger, Grover resorts to constructing a series of ever-more-elaborate obstacles, such as tying pages together, nailing the page to the next one and finally even laying a brick wall to keep the reader from advancing further. However, nothing works (primarily because from the reader’s POV these are simple illustrations, not actual difficulties).
Finally driven to total despair by the reader’s ability to ”overcome” the obstacles, Grover makes one last frantic plea to the reader not to turn the final page, only to discover on that page, in a surprise self-referential plot twist, that the only monster in question is Grover himself. He tries to laugh it off, saying he knew it all along—but the reader can see at the end that he is terribly embarrassed.
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Growing increasingly fearful as the reader continues to turn pages and frustrated that they do not seem to realize the terrible danger, Grover resorts to constructing a series of ever-more-elaborate obstacles, such as tying pages together, nailing the page to the next one and finally even laying a brick wall to keep the reader from advancing further. However, nothing works (primarily because from the reader’s POV these are simple illustrations, not actual difficulties).
Finally driven to total despair by the reader’s ability to ”overcome” the obstacles, Grover makes one last frantic plea to the reader not to turn the final page, only to discover on that page, in a surprise self-referential plot twist, that the only monster in question is Grover himself. He tries to laugh it off, saying he knew it all along—but the reader can see at the end that he is terribly embarrassed.
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Author:
Jon Stone
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Publisher:
Random House
Barcode:
9780375805615
Country:
Canada
Publication Date:
2000-06-27
Publication Year:
1971
OCLC:
109-1
Number of Copies:
2
Language:
English
Automatic Estimated Value:
~$4.29
Automatic Estimated Date:
2026-04-11
Date Added:
2018-06-26 16:49:29
