In the book entitled A Taste For Monsters the author, Matthew J. Kirby, discusses the life of one girl, Evelyn Fallow, who takes care of a man with medical problems, Joseph Merrick. Evelyn has problems herself which a main reason why she was hired to care for Mr.Merrick in the first place, so he would know that he is not the only monster in the world. Mr.Merrick had deformities on his head which make it very large and heavy and also only one of his army works properly. As a ‘jack the ripper’ begins murdering women in the town, their ghosts come on Mr.Merrick’s room every night at the time they were murdered and Evelyn has to find a way to set their spirit free. Mr.Merrick becomes very weak when they are around him and touch him so Evelyn does everything she can …show more content…
This book really taught me that people can be different than they appear. Sometimes this is a good thing but other times it is bad. Mr.Merricks friend Charles ends up being bad when he shows his true colors. He tries to force himself on Evelyn but fails while he is drunk. Mr.Merrick on the other hand appears very ugly, scary, and mean but is actually really sweet. He sees Evelyn as an angel and cares for her. I think this book also showed that many people die suddenly regret thing that they didn't accomplish while they were alive. I believe a large sum of people live life in the mindset that there is always more time and that you can finish things later but the ghosts in this book really showed how they ran out of time and didn't accomplish what they wanted to. The ghosts had to turn to Evelyn to finish what they needed. I liked the fact the Evelyn and Mr.Merrick become great friends by the end of the book and get to spend time together not just in a professional atmosphere. Overall, this book taught me many different things about trust and judgement and i liked the story behind all of the many different lessons it taught