this is probably the worst book i've ever read as well as one of the first school books that i've downright despised every minute of reading it. It was painful to get through as the writing styles changed often and were attempts at trying to be deep and philosophical. in which grendel from the the epic and anticlimactic poem Beowulf, is a giant furry angsty teenager with many problems and bad influences in which he tried to find his purpose in life. Leading to the strange and boring ending of Grendel's death.