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October 2018 - Frankenstein: Prodigal Son
By Sarah · 5 posts · 28 views
By Sarah · 5 posts · 28 views
last updated Nov 01, 2018 08:22AM
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I read this back in my teens. It scared the hell out of me and has haunted me ever since. It was wonderfully written but totally scarred me. In a good way, but still, I won't read it again.
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Everyone told me this book was weird. I had no idea that the weirdness would start by page 10 and that it would turn downright disturbing by the end. I think that was the point of the book. But that doesn't mean it was my cup of tea.
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Another 'read it in school' book. I remember thinking how it was such a good refutation of the whole noble savage theory, and wondering who the 'grown up' for grown ups was.
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Aug 12, 2010
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