Reviews with content warning for Body horror - Frankissstein

echoing some previeious concerns, it did feel a little off color to a transmasc reader of theis novel but the surrealist experience of finishing the book was evocative enough that I give it some points

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mythian's review

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

2.5

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balfies's review against another edition

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dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.75

This was weird. Like, properly twisted. Winterson is one of my favourite writers, so I always trust where she takes me. This was....

A modern retelling of Frankenstein wearing a coat made of transhuman, transgender, AI, sexbot feminist body horror sci-fi interleafed with Mary Shelley's own experiences of writing Frankenstein.

If you want a glimmer of queer macabre literary satire on what it means to be human and have a body, give it a go.

Personally, it's not my fave from old Jeanie baby, reminds me a bit of Ian McEwan's slightly trite retelling of Hamlet from the perspective of a foetus, though admittedly there is more craft in Frankissstein than there was in Nutshell.

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marissab's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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ellenigrace's review

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2.0

I don't think I really understood this book. I also agree with another reviewer who pointed out that the trans character is treated poorly, especially with regard to repeated misgendering.

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francesturpin's review

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challenging dark informative reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

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nico13's review

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adventurous challenging dark inspiring tense

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

4.5

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therainbowshelf's review against another edition

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dark slow-paced

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

3.0

💭 My thoughts 💭: This wasn't the right book for me, but it is a good book. I didn't enjoy the ongoing existential conversations about what life was, and whether life was still life if you were in a new body. I also didn't appreciate the sex robot guy (but I think that's what the author was going for). I really liked the dual timeline looking back at Marry Shelley as she conceptualizes Frankenstein, though!

📚 The gist 📚: Along a dual-timeline, Mary Shelley dreams up a monster novel in the 1810s, and a man two hundred years later ponders over what constitutes life and death.

📒Representation📒: Ftm mc, mlm mc, cherecter with a more flexible sexuality

💕 For readers looking for 💕: the existential questions of what constitutes life dredged up by Frankenstein, books about books (kind of), and characters becoming real

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