“A Monster Calls” by Patrick Ness Deserves a good four-star rating because of its gloomy events and its plot development. This Novel is four stars because of Conor’s interesting relationship with his mother and the monster. In this novel, Conor’s mother always mentions the yew tree because she had a connection with the monster. looking out the window Conor’s mom mentioned the yew tree,”That’s a yew tree, you know”...(Ness78).Conor’s mother is obviously, knows about the monster and the monster most likely help here in the past. Conor has been caring for his mother a long time and this all leads up to one of Conor’s characteristics trait as a caregiver. Conor does not want his mom to leave him and this makes it hard for him to tell the monster