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Frankenstein
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October 1, 2011
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October 31, 2011
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Pat Gerber-Relf
Oct 03, 2012 rated it liked it
One of the exceptions to the rule. I prefer the films (and some are rubbish I must admit) to the book. Not exactly boring, Mary Shelley does have a way with words, but too little details and too much impossibility. I still really don't know how Frankenstein constructed his monster, he just did it. And this monster is an unhappy monster, but takes revenge because no-one loves him. In the end he just drifts away to the setting sun somewhere at the North Pole and decides to commit suicide in a fire ...more
Anindyta
Jan 03, 2013 rated it it was amazing
“When I looked around, I saw and heard of none like me. Was I then a monster, a blot upon the earth, from which all men fled, and whom all men disowned ?”

Angkat tangan buat yang kenal nama Frankenstein ? Saya yakin, banyak banget yang tahu dengan nama Frankenstein karena buku ini memang salah satu buku klasik terkenal. Anehnya, walaupun buku ini terkenal, masih saja banyak salah kaprah yang menganggap kalau Frankenstein itu adalah nama makhluk horor yang diceritakan di dalam buku ini. Sebelum sa
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Jennifer Stilwell
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Jun 24, 2011 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
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Jun 29, 2011 rated it it was amazing
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Jul 08, 2011 rated it really liked it
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Jul 11, 2011 rated it it was amazing
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Jul 11, 2011 rated it it was amazing
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Jul 14, 2011 rated it it was amazing
Katrina
Jul 18, 2011 rated it it was amazing
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Jul 18, 2011 rated it it was amazing
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Jul 21, 2011 marked it as to-read
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Aug 10, 2011 rated it it was amazing
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Oct 08, 2011 marked it as to-read
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Oct 17, 2011 rated it really liked it
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Nov 07, 2011 rated it it was amazing
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Jan 12, 2014 marked it as to-read