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Frankenstein
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Start date
October 1, 2018
Finish date
October 31, 2018
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Revisit the Shelf Classic Read, October 2018

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Sinisa
Oct 15, 2012 rated it really liked it
Shelves: literature
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
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Lis
Sep 21, 2016 rated it did not like it
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.
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t.s. cronenberg
Jun 19, 2011 marked it as to-read
Shannen
Jun 24, 2011 marked it as to-read
Erica
Oct 25, 2011 rated it really liked it
Kristie
Dec 14, 2011 rated it it was amazing
Sandi
Dec 20, 2011 rated it did not like it
Vidalia
Jan 13, 2019 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: on-shelf
Amanda Roper
Aug 30, 2012 rated it really liked it
Lori
Sep 15, 2012 marked it as to-read
Roxane
Nov 16, 2016 rated it liked it
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Karigan
Jan 14, 2015 marked it as to-read
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Feb 08, 2015 rated it liked it
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Mar 02, 2015 rated it liked it
Stacey Jo
Mar 31, 2015 rated it really liked it
Shelves: classics
Elena
Apr 08, 2016 marked it as to-read
Shelves: maybe
Mike
Aug 19, 2017 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Deb
Nov 12, 2017 marked it as to-read
Sue
Nov 30, 2020 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
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