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3.86 AVERAGE
3.86 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Creo que tome este libro con muchas expectativas y me dejó corta.
Solo tengo para destacar “La casa del Juez” como el relato que más me gustó; un tanto predecible pero me entretuvo.
Solo tengo para destacar “La casa del Juez” como el relato que más me gustó; un tanto predecible pero me entretuvo.
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I didn't much care for anyone in this. Frankenstein spent a large portion of the book moaning about how miserable he was, yet was the cause of his own misery by creating 'the monster' and then abandoning his creation to poverty, loneliness and misery.
The monster, of course, turns to violent actions, having been spurned by every person he came across and beaten and generally treated horribly. I didn't care for either character, and didn't sympathise for their situation at all.
I found the book very tedious, for being so short (less than 200 pages). There are long descriptions of the landscape, and of Victor's travels across Europe, and it just dragged. It just wasn't an enjoyable read for me, so I have rated it two stars.
The monster, of course, turns to violent actions, having been spurned by every person he came across and beaten and generally treated horribly. I didn't care for either character, and didn't sympathise for their situation at all.
I found the book very tedious, for being so short (less than 200 pages). There are long descriptions of the landscape, and of Victor's travels across Europe, and it just dragged. It just wasn't an enjoyable read for me, so I have rated it two stars.
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
the monster is so cute he just wants friends :((
Revisiting "Frankenstein" for the first time since youth. I forgot how textured the sadness is in the book — particularly with the titular character, who realizes his desire and immediately regrets it but finds no way out. The relationship between him and his creation evokes that of God and Adam, where the Creature eats the fruit (literacy) and realizes the folly of his existence. Unlike Adam who gets into reality, our creation here finds no salvation or release.
We have a capacity to possess power greater than our ability to understand them. That's existence — a sea of emotions that we don't know how to swim in. Letting it flood will destroy it all. Can find echoes of "Frankenstein" in countless works over the subsequent centuries.
We have a capacity to possess power greater than our ability to understand them. That's existence — a sea of emotions that we don't know how to swim in. Letting it flood will destroy it all. Can find echoes of "Frankenstein" in countless works over the subsequent centuries.
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
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
Like the archangel who aspired to omnipotence, I am chained in an eternal hell.