From the Bookshelf of 50 books to read before you die…
Find A Copy At
Group Discussions About This Book
showing 6 of 6 topics
view all »
Other topics mentioning this book
How Many of these books have you read and do you recomend them?
By Mayra · 310 posts · 2234 views
By Mayra · 310 posts · 2234 views
last updated Nov 21, 2018 05:55PM
Christine's 50 and 100 progress
By deleted member · 129 posts · 558 views
By deleted member · 129 posts · 558 views
last updated Jan 26, 2020 02:49AM
What Members Thought
I had a hard time putting this book down! I had not seen a Frankenstein movie before, but I think most people have the images from at least one of them. I was surprised that I felt compassion for the monster. Wouldn't Victor have know how ugly this creature was when creating him? Victor never really takes responsibility for actions or his creation's actions until he loses everything important to him. While I had a hard time believing how eloquent the montster could be - I loved it when he had th
...more
The first half of "Frankenstein" is pretty slow-moving, but persevere! The middle section gets very interesting and the book becomes a page-turner. I enjoyed it very much.
...more
"Knowledge is know Frankenstein isn't the monster. Wisdom is knowing Frankenstein is the monster."
When I reread this book, I worried I had remembered it wrong, but I hadn't. Shelley's characters are still fascinating. Having the story from Frankenstein's POV was a great choice; he doesn't understand how selfish and terrible he really is, even compared to the monster, but that really works. Often we don't understand our own faults either. Parts of this story are still boring, and the prose is rea ...more
When I reread this book, I worried I had remembered it wrong, but I hadn't. Shelley's characters are still fascinating. Having the story from Frankenstein's POV was a great choice; he doesn't understand how selfish and terrible he really is, even compared to the monster, but that really works. Often we don't understand our own faults either. Parts of this story are still boring, and the prose is rea ...more
Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - I should be embarrassed to write I had never read this book before now but I loved it so much I’m just glad I finally did. The honest simplicity of a such an important book and how it seems the point has been missed on purpose for any theatrical experience I have watched.
Feb 07, 2010
Daniel
marked it as to-read
Jul 29, 2011
Natalie
marked it as to-read
Oct 19, 2011
Randi
marked it as to-read
Jan 10, 2012
Alexandra
added it
Feb 07, 2012
Ali
marked it as to-read
Oct 19, 2012
Melissa.e
marked it as to-read
Sep 02, 2015
Lia
marked it as to-read
