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fishfish's review
Was too slow paced to keep my interest, and missing a significant portion of my favourite parts of the cast of the original Frankenstein such as Henry clerval, I think three members of Victor's direct family, and Robert Walton though since he was narrative framing in the original I'm less upset about that one. not badly written, vaguely interesting in parts, but just not my thing. It lost a lot of the spirit of Mary Shelly's story. I may have found this easier to read, but that was more because instead of the flurry of emotions the original Frankenstein hits you with, I felt a dullness to all of it. When you read Frankenstein there are parts where you can truely feel Victor's devastation. Where you have to keep reading. Just to know the end of this terrible tale. This lacked that... energy. I read stories based on Frankenstein to try and find something with more of the intelligent, destructive monster of the original story, or even, though my doubts are high, a story with good retelling of Frankenstein's obvious depression. If I keep finding these dully lacklustre stories of a watered down victor with all the women turned two dimensional. In summary, I miss Henry, Henry Clerval is so painfully underused, as are a lot of the original Frankenstein characters.
Also of note is this: I do appreciate that he took out the incest between Victor and his adopted sister. I just think there's a thousand better ways to do that then killing off the most central woman in the original novel so early.
Also of note is this: I do appreciate that he took out the incest between Victor and his adopted sister. I just think there's a thousand better ways to do that then killing off the most central woman in the original novel so early.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Medical content and Death
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