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The 1831 adaption: This is the later-edit of the story where Mary kind of re-worked the plot to make Victor a more sympathetic character and it did not work at all! She's writing it as if Victor doesn't have a choice, but it comes across more like he's not taking responsibility for the crap he does.
I thought the whole part with him (view spoiler) was about him taking charge and finally accepting that whatever he does now he's going to reap ...more
I thought the whole part with him (view spoiler) was about him taking charge and finally accepting that whatever he does now he's going to reap ...more
Summary: Driven guy takes things a bit too far and ends up creating something that destroys everything:
Things I liked.
Introducing the main protaganist through the eyes of a secondary category. This reminded me a bit of Gatsby and Nick.
Good questions/ideas: The 'Other', obsession, what is human etc. Good fodder for thinking/rethinking about what you believe.
Things I thought could be improved:
Main character is pretty whiney, and doesn't really take a lot of responsbility for his actions. It m ...more
Things I liked.
Introducing the main protaganist through the eyes of a secondary category. This reminded me a bit of Gatsby and Nick.
Good questions/ideas: The 'Other', obsession, what is human etc. Good fodder for thinking/rethinking about what you believe.
Things I thought could be improved:
Main character is pretty whiney, and doesn't really take a lot of responsbility for his actions. It m ...more
A horror story and a cautionary tale on the uses of technology and advances in medicine.
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