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I generally enjoy classics and I almost always enjoy horror/suspense, this was a bit of a slog. I love the underlying story (creation gone terribly wrong) but seeing that for all the excess was difficult. A nice read for Halloween month but I don't think I'd read it again.
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Victor Frankenstein is an aspiring scientist who discovers the secret of creating new life. We know at the beginning from a framing story that this will not go well. We first meet poor Victor cold and hungry on a dog sled (excuse me, "sledge") with most of the dogs dead as he pursues a monster on an ice floe around the North Pole.
Forget that you have already seen the movie ten times, the movie takes so many liberties with the story that the book is pretty much a different story altogether. What ...more
Forget that you have already seen the movie ten times, the movie takes so many liberties with the story that the book is pretty much a different story altogether. What ...more
Loved, loved, loved the story! But writing styles have changed so much since this was written. I guess Shelley didn't know to "show not tell". =)
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