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Frankenstein is definitely not light reading. You have to invest yourself, push yourself through pages and pages of description of snow and nature to get to the meat of the story - and, as I found after pushing myself, it was worth it because the meat of the story was that good.
I remember seeing a Frankenstein movie as a teenager and being thoroughly unimpressed by it. However, the book is nothing like what I remember that movie being - and then I find out that this story that struggles with mor ...more
I remember seeing a Frankenstein movie as a teenager and being thoroughly unimpressed by it. However, the book is nothing like what I remember that movie being - and then I find out that this story that struggles with mor ...more
On NPR's list of top 100 sci if & fantasy
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I was fascinated by the various Frankenstein movie adaptations as a kid/teen and was pleasantly surprised when I tackled the book. It's so much deeper than any movie could be--lots of detail and drama and very timely issues about religion, creation, playing God, genetics, science, society, etc. I absolutely LOVED this book!
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