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Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

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cryptidstation's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

pigeonsarecool's review against another edition

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dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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1.0

I hated this book. I couldn't even finish it. All of Shelley's sentences were TOO complex. I could understand them, but it was just tiring. Moreover, her vocabulary was also very restricted. Every few lines I would see 'ardent' or 'ardous' or 'fervently'. That got tiring too.

Furthermore, Victor Frankenstein's character was a weak mess and the other characters were poorly constructed. I could not give an attribute to any of the characters in the book, apart from Frankenstein and those are: weak and stupid.

From this book being so renown, I thought it would be a great, if not tolerable read. But no, it was so terrible that it angered me.