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A review by sarah1984
Monster: A Novel of Frankenstein by Dave Zeltserman
3.0
11/4 - The only exposure I've had to Frankenstein is through Kenneth Brannagh's movie version - I've never actually read the book (it's on my list). So I can't compare Zeltserman's writing to Shelley's and from reading other reviews I get the feeling this may be of benefit to me while I'm reading it. But, I don't have to have read Shelley's writing to be able to pick up the moments of awkwardness, they'll be visible to anyone reading this. Despite a few of those moments already, within 42 pages, this is an interesting idea - an interesting literary introduction to Frankenstein. To be continued...
17/4 - I still think this is an interesting idea for a story, but a short story not a full length book. After a few chapters and situation changes it felt like Zeltserman was banging me over the head with the fact that the 'monster' of Frankenstein was wrongly accused and treated and that Frankenstein was the 'monster' of the story after all. Every chapter there was more evidence of how badly we had misjudged the monster. There wasn't enough plot for another whole book. I could see this working very well as an extra chapter at the end of the original Frankenstein, kind of like how Stephanie Meyer used the extra chapter Midnight Sun to show another side of Edward, but it wouldn't have worked as a full length book.
17/4 - I still think this is an interesting idea for a story, but a short story not a full length book. After a few chapters and situation changes it felt like Zeltserman was banging me over the head with the fact that the 'monster' of Frankenstein was wrongly accused and treated and that Frankenstein was the 'monster' of the story after all. Every chapter there was more evidence of how badly we had misjudged the monster. There wasn't enough plot for another whole book. I could see this working very well as an extra chapter at the end of the original Frankenstein, kind of like how Stephanie Meyer used the extra chapter Midnight Sun to show another side of Edward, but it wouldn't have worked as a full length book.