A review by n_nazir
In Search of Mary Shelley: The Girl Who Wrote Frankenstein by Fiona Sampson

2.0

This was such a disappointing biography. By all accounts, Mary Shelley should be a fascinating subject, from her familial connections, to her marriage, to her literary feats and to her social circle. The book somehow manages to dull all of this. The pacing is odd, the last two chapters seem to have been written with the deadline fast approaching, they cram in the 17 odd years following her husband’s death, throwing in things such as Shelley possibly being bisexual and a casual reference to an Oedipal relationship with her son. Ok then.