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Frankenstein: The 1818 Text by Mary Shelley

headinthebooks's review against another edition

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4.0

4 stars

I loved the way that this was told! How it started with letter, then turned into a story and ended with letters! Such a great and eerie story! But I loved the part where we read from Adam's POV more than Dr. Frankenstein's POV. The writing is wonderful but it can be a bit confusing for some! The characters where great! But oh boi oh boi, I didn't like Victor at all! And I felt so much sympathy for Adam, poor poor Adam!
This is a classic that used be read!

philippawilson's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

joeyanne's review against another edition

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3.5

I’m glad I read it, but I didn’t love it. I didn’t find it believable that Victor didn’t anticipate the monster killing his friend or new wife. There were too many coincidental and too many impossible things. 
But I did find it an interesting lens. It questions the result of the drive to achieve without regard for the potential problems we might be creating. And it opens the door at least to exploring what we become without love. 

haey0's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

5.0

martabarr's review against another edition

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informative mysterious reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

gwennoliaid's review against another edition

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Killed by the tortures of academic study. Whilst I admire it wholly, any affection for the narrative has, I fear, potentially been eradicated by the horrors of AS exam technique.

nightingale_reading's review against another edition

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dark slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

bernie_e2001's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

lullyweb's review against another edition

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classics

teadrinking_bibliophile's review against another edition

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dark medium-paced

3.75