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I liked Shelly's language. It's strange and sweet. At leas for me - English is my second language. It's 19th century English but still quite easy to read.
I didn't like the way how it's set up: Mr Frankenstein sits and tells the captain his whole life story and then in the meantime the creature also tells his life story, and so on. I don't know much about literature theory and if this was a usual way how they told stories in the 19th century but it sound weird to me.
Mr Frankenstein is a genius sc ...more
I didn't like the way how it's set up: Mr Frankenstein sits and tells the captain his whole life story and then in the meantime the creature also tells his life story, and so on. I don't know much about literature theory and if this was a usual way how they told stories in the 19th century but it sound weird to me.
Mr Frankenstein is a genius sc ...more
OH FFS VICTOR SHUT YOUR WHINY EMO WOECAKE PIE HOLE. God, what an utter bore.
By the time I was halfway through the book, I didn't give a shit about any of them and was ready to set fire to all the things out of sheer boredom.
No, I did not enjoy the book at all. ...more
By the time I was halfway through the book, I didn't give a shit about any of them and was ready to set fire to all the things out of sheer boredom.
No, I did not enjoy the book at all. ...more
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