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I really did not enjoy this book. As in... finishing it was pure torture. I pressed on and finished it for my one of the tasks (read a book written more than 100 years ago) on my 2015 reading challenge. I started it the week before Halloween thinking a little 200 page creepy book would be a quick read for the holiday. I finished it today - Christmas day - 2 months later. I misplaced my copy of the book for a while and was so relieved to read something else for a while!! I could never read more t
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I really enjoyed this book. I admit, that picking up the book, the ONLY thing I knew of this story was about the creation of the monster. That's it, so I had NO idea what to expect, nor how the story played out (or even, the REASON for the creation of this monster). The story read pretty easily once I got used to the style of writing and I ended up reading this in about 4 sittings.
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Originally published at Jayne's Books.
I quite enjoyed it. I think that this book should serve as a cautionary tale about creating something that can get beyond our control and that man's selfishness often creates things that makes us feel as though we are god-like. ...more
I quite enjoyed it. I think that this book should serve as a cautionary tale about creating something that can get beyond our control and that man's selfishness often creates things that makes us feel as though we are god-like. ...more
How many times can an author use the word 'wretch'? It still remains a wonderful meditation on the human spirit, the strive of amibition and what it means to be a monster.
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