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Frankenstein: The 1818 Text by Mary Shelley

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m_delaney's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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fe_aye's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective slow-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

4.0

Frankenstein truly is an enduring classic. A tale of a magnificent privileged man descending into insanity entirely through his own actions negatively effecting the lives of those around him.

A supposedly clever university scientist who doesn’t have basic common sense greatly overreacting to everything. Thinking his emotions above all are important, even on the edge of death. A story of a man playing god by creating a child and then neglecting said child and then being surprised that child grew up to hate him.

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laurenkgrace's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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rabidteddybear's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective sad slow-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

3.25

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savvylit's review against another edition

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dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.0

I can hardly believe that I've never read Frankenstein before this month! It's a classic for a reason; Shelley's story is chilling and philosophical. Viktor Frankenstein is incredibly unlikeable and the unnamed monster is heartbreakingly misunderstood.

If you're in the mood for a true Gothic classic, you can't go wrong with Frankenstein!

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s_snape_hbp's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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basil_touche's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Re-reading four years later for a bookclub and it still impresses me how readable this novel still is 205 years later. If I can give a criticism, the narrative can be a tad long winded, especially with Frankenstein's narrative. Although the creature's narrative is the best part of the book (he's the best character).

I found it quite interesting that in the narrative the way the creature is brought to life is deliberately kept vague, with only minor implications to body parts and grave robbing. Also I understood more of the biblical and literary references this time. The fact that Mary Shelley wrote this when she was eighteen and created modern science fiction as we know it blows my mind. Still one of my favourite classic novels.

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