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A fun and engaging summer read; with a strong and likable narrator in Willie Upton. But the best parts of the novel aren't the ones centered around Willie, but around the ghosts that haunt Templeton, the long-dead relatives who reveal themselves as the novel goes on and, like the lake where a monster surfaces by Willie's house, make what was once a simple story deeper and more intriguing then when I first opened the book. Fun from start to finish, and the last act of the book is truly wonderful.
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The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff
Meagan Brennan, June 10, 2009
A fun and engaging summer read; with a strong and likable narrator in Willie Upton. But the best parts of the novel aren't the ones centered around Willie, but around the ghosts that haunt Templeton, the long-dead relatives who reveal themselves as the novel goes on and, like the lake where a monster surfaces by Willie's house, make what was once a simple story deeper and more intriguing then when I first opened the book. Fun from start to finish, and the last act of the book is truly wonderful.(3 of 5 readers found this comment helpful)