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3.86 AVERAGE
3.86 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I liked this book so much more then I thought I would. The writing is beautiful and that is coming from someone who doesn't really like the writing of the romantics (all the emotional drama). But was good. I liked the "monster" and felt sorry for him. His chapters were heartfelt. Frankenstein was often whiney, but it calls to question questions of responsibility and of morality.
I don't know how I missed reading this in school but I am certainly glad that I read it now.
I don't know how I missed reading this in school but I am certainly glad that I read it now.
dark
emotional
fast-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
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Wow. This is some beautiful prose. The language is appropriately florid for its time and the flow of the prose itself approaches poetry. The story is incredibly well paced to such a degree that even when essentially nothing was happening, or we were taking another flashback or hearing another story within a story, the momentum of the story continued, and I couldn’t help but read on.
Shelley failed utterly in creating a “ghost storie” that was her initial intent in writing this classic so long ago on holiday, but she succeeded superbly in creating one of my favorite literary characters (whose representation in film has been so thoroughly botched as to be unrecognizable) in Frankenstein’s “monster.”
The constant monologues were a joy to read, and though I would certainly agree that Frankenstein himself is the real villain of the piece, I could generally understand his motivations even if I did not at all agree with them.
Overall, this was a fantastic experience, and certainly one of my favorites all time.
Shelley failed utterly in creating a “ghost storie” that was her initial intent in writing this classic so long ago on holiday, but she succeeded superbly in creating one of my favorite literary characters (whose representation in film has been so thoroughly botched as to be unrecognizable) in Frankenstein’s “monster.”
The constant monologues were a joy to read, and though I would certainly agree that Frankenstein himself is the real villain of the piece, I could generally understand his motivations even if I did not at all agree with them.
Overall, this was a fantastic experience, and certainly one of my favorites all time.
challenging
dark
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
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