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3.86 AVERAGE
3.86 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I can't help but pity the daemon. He's the innocent one, yet, many people put lots of prejudice upon him just because he's (very much) different than most people. And that's pretty much similar with what mostly happen in everyday lives.
When Victor Frankenstein decided to pursue chemist and finally able to "put a life into his creature", or in short, he has played God successfully. He didn't think much about what would happen afterward. He didn't think that his "creation" would possess some emotion, that he'd pretty much just like another human being, just like him, only much deformed in nature.
Lots of people has a misconception about the monster. They thought that he's the one to blame, cause he's ugly, he's stupid, he's stink, and more importantly, because he's not exactly human. What do you call something that made by another human? Autamaton? Robot? But this daemon was made of flesh, and he has desire, he has wishes. His sole wish was to be 'acknowledged' by his creator. He wanted recognition, and to some extend, he wanted love. It's like what he said, he's supposed to be Victor's Adam, not his fallen angel.
To me, it shows how selfish and irresponsible a human can be, all of our lives, we wished to play God, but when we achieved it, we knew that we could never do it well.
When Victor Frankenstein decided to pursue chemist and finally able to "put a life into his creature", or in short, he has played God successfully. He didn't think much about what would happen afterward. He didn't think that his "creation" would possess some emotion, that he'd pretty much just like another human being, just like him, only much deformed in nature.
Lots of people has a misconception about the monster. They thought that he's the one to blame, cause he's ugly, he's stupid, he's stink, and more importantly, because he's not exactly human. What do you call something that made by another human? Autamaton? Robot? But this daemon was made of flesh, and he has desire, he has wishes. His sole wish was to be 'acknowledged' by his creator. He wanted recognition, and to some extend, he wanted love. It's like what he said, he's supposed to be Victor's Adam, not his fallen angel.
To me, it shows how selfish and irresponsible a human can be, all of our lives, we wished to play God, but when we achieved it, we knew that we could never do it well.
I was ruined by the tv stereotype of this book to think it was about a monster. Turns out it's about an arctic sea captain who meets a dying scientist who tells him the story about how he created a monster that killed his wife and now he's trying to find and kill it.
There's a lot of jargon about hell, heaven and "going mad" but that aside the moral of the story is never abandon your children.
There's a lot of jargon about hell, heaven and "going mad" but that aside the moral of the story is never abandon your children.
dark
reflective
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
What really surprised me is how completely different the source material is from the way Frankensteins monster (lets call him jeff) is portrayed in pop culture. (I assume the depiction as a slow, mute zombie with bolts in his bald head arrives from the 1931 movie and having just read the plot, it almost has nothing to do with Shelley's novel)
But i was pleasantly surprised. Expecting a flat monster story you instead get served a philosophical expression about identity, existentialism, responsibility,..
The book brings up a lot of interesting questions and does a really good job at discussing them through its characters.
The central dynamic between victor and jeff is fleshed out great.
Both are portrayed in a natural manner and their motives, actions and thought processes are all understandable.
That makes their conflict so depressing and leaves you consistently wondering how different things could have been, if different choices were made.
The only issue for me was how slow the book felt.
Partly due to the time of its writing
The (i guess) pretentious writing style and prominent letter framework, but also some of the pacing choices that have been made.
For example the entire study live and creation of jeff has been dealt with in almost the same length as a depiction of swiss landscapes (an active choice, as the story is based upon victor's own subjective narration but still...)
Heavily focusing on the backstories of victor and jeff was however a good thing, giving a lot of weight to their destiny.
Jeffs monologue about his first sensations and especially about living next to the family was arguably the best part of the book.
But i was pleasantly surprised. Expecting a flat monster story you instead get served a philosophical expression about identity, existentialism, responsibility,..
The book brings up a lot of interesting questions and does a really good job at discussing them through its characters.
The central dynamic between victor and jeff is fleshed out great.
Both are portrayed in a natural manner and their motives, actions and thought processes are all understandable.
That makes their conflict so depressing and leaves you consistently wondering how different things could have been, if different choices were made.
The only issue for me was how slow the book felt.
Partly due to the time of its writing
The (i guess) pretentious writing style and prominent letter framework, but also some of the pacing choices that have been made.
For example the entire study live and creation of jeff has been dealt with in almost the same length as a depiction of swiss landscapes (an active choice, as the story is based upon victor's own subjective narration but still...)
Heavily focusing on the backstories of victor and jeff was however a good thing, giving a lot of weight to their destiny.
Jeffs monologue about his first sensations and especially about living next to the family was arguably the best part of the book.
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Fabulous classic read about revenge. Would recommend.