Mike’s Reviews > Frankenstein: The 1818 Text > Status Update

Shelley sure does know how to do melodrama. I guess your enjoyment of this book will depend on your enjoyment of overdramatic emotionality.

I guess this plothole kind of bothers me. The doctor is afraid of what happens if he builds a companion monster, but he doesn't seem to consider AT ALL that this will result in the monster taking revenge. Like, why doesn't that even factor into his decision-making?

The monster's story is so sad and so well-written. Easily the highlight of this book. I have to write an essay about why the doctor is the modern Prometheus, but I would honestly much rather write about why people relate to the monster, which I think is the reason people still like this book.

I honestly think this book might've been more interesting if it had been told entirely from the perspective of the monster. His section is the most riveting in this book.

It's so weird to me that Shelley thinks this story is about fate. This disaster was so completely avoidable by Frankenstein at nearly every stage of the monster's creation.