The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein by Peter Ackroyd

The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein

Peter Ackroyd

353 pages first pub 2008 (view editions)

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When two nineteenth-century Oxford students—Victor Frankenstein, a serious researcher, and the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley—form an unlikely friendship, the result is a tour de force that could only come from one of the world's most accomplished and ...

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Community Reviews

3.17
based on 204 reviews

Moods

dark: 77%

mysterious: 77%

challenging: 44%

adventurous: 33%

reflective: 22%

tense: 22%


Pace

54% of readers chose medium
45% of readers chose slow
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

42% of readers chose Plot
57% of readers chose A mix
Plot
A mix

Strong character development?

28% of readers chose Complicated
71% of readers chose No
Complicated
No

Loveable characters?

25% of readers chose Complicated
75% of readers chose No
Complicated
No

Diverse cast of characters?

100% of readers chose No
No

Flaws of characters a main focus?

87% of readers chose Yes
12% of readers chose Complicated
Yes
Complicated

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