A review by necro_mance
Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match by Sally Thorne

funny lighthearted medium-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

2.5

If you're looking for some dumb yearning, it's got that. If you're looking for a crumb if historical accuracy, passable knowledge of the Frankenstein the novel, or something free of fan fiction tropes, this isn't it.

There's so many characters in this book that don't need to be there. And there's integal characters from the book not brought up at all which is odd. Henry Clerval isn't in this or at all replicated. Angelika does serve as an intellectual companion to Victor but not a moral counter point at all. It's just an odd choice.

And to make Victor Frankenstien go from prudish obsessive to sex crazed bon vivant is also a choice. 

The yearning and spice are not good enough to overcome this if you are a Frankenstein fan. I would have rated higher if the novel just took the idea of "making a Frankenstein" and that was it's only connection to the novel.

The overwrought wink at the end of the housekeeper's niece named Mary who is a writer coming to visit. It was about 5 pages too long. It's not clever when it gets spelled out completely. Also the idea that Mary Shelley, daughter of feminist essayist Mary Wollencraft would write out the woman who reincarnated people, especially in a real novel that has heavy feminist overtones of men attempting to eliminate women from the creation of life is a choice.
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