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By Veronica , Supreme Sword · 15 posts · 115 views
By Veronica , Supreme Sword · 15 posts · 115 views
last updated Jan 09, 2022 10:25PM
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3 and three quarters stars, really. Did anyone just flashback to Ed McMahon?
Quick review:
Read this as part of my History of Sci-Fi project (start with the Odyssey and go from there basically). So on that scale, yes, Frankenstein satisfies, it is about a mad scientist after all. It also satisfied on it's sweep, both natural: from Geneva valleys, blue lakes, up to the snowy Alps and out to the cruel, fragile ice of the Artic, and emotional: have you read any gothic novels? It's like that, a lot o ...more
Quick review:
Read this as part of my History of Sci-Fi project (start with the Odyssey and go from there basically). So on that scale, yes, Frankenstein satisfies, it is about a mad scientist after all. It also satisfied on it's sweep, both natural: from Geneva valleys, blue lakes, up to the snowy Alps and out to the cruel, fragile ice of the Artic, and emotional: have you read any gothic novels? It's like that, a lot o ...more
I suspect that if I bothered to read Twilight, it would strike me a lot like Frankenstein, which I now consider to be gothic Twilight. It's not bad, but lots of emo-y simps.
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I think the tragedy of this novel is the creation itself. I like the novel, and am rereading it as well. I recommend horror and literature fans to read this.
Jul 16, 2009
Scot Ryder
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it was amazing
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