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neonzombie7 's review for:
The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein
by Kiersten White
I'm hovering between a 3.5 and 4 stars for this (but leaning closer to 4) because this book was so dark and beautiful and made my heart yearn and break for a story I absolutely HATED reading in AP Lit in high school. There were so many twists and turns that took my breath away, and the ending was, in my opinion, the ending these characters actually deserved. Not to mention it humanized and demonized the REAL heroes and villains of the story.
The reasons I can't give it 4 full stars though are mainly logistical. For one, the beginning was SO slow. Granted, the slow beginning did give us time to delve back into the setting on the original novel, and that was pleasant. However, it was a story I was already familiar with, so I found myself being quite bored at some points during the first half of the book before the story picks up. And secondly, the main character (Elizabeth) conveniently figured out things throughout the story that should not have been so obvious (although I knew these things to be true because I was familiar with the og story).
For example, the monster asking Frankenstein for a mate. Somehow Elizabeth just reasoned through and KNEW that this was why the creature was stalking them and while, if you've read or watched Shelley's Frankenstein, you know this to be true, I didn't appreciate a main character who seemed to be a bit more omnipresent then what she was. There are a few more examples of Elizabeth being a bit too knowledgeable about her own plot in the book, but that was one of the main examples that urked me.
All in all, this is a fabulous, deliciously dark book and if you hated reading the original Frankenstein like I did, I'd suggest giving this a read because it made me absolutely LOVE the story!!!
The reasons I can't give it 4 full stars though are mainly logistical. For one, the beginning was SO slow. Granted, the slow beginning did give us time to delve back into the setting on the original novel, and that was pleasant. However, it was a story I was already familiar with, so I found myself being quite bored at some points during the first half of the book before the story picks up. And secondly, the main character (Elizabeth) conveniently figured out things throughout the story that should not have been so obvious (although I knew these things to be true because I was familiar with the og story).
For example, the monster asking Frankenstein for a mate. Somehow Elizabeth just reasoned through and KNEW that this was why the creature was stalking them and while, if you've read or watched Shelley's Frankenstein, you know this to be true, I didn't appreciate a main character who seemed to be a bit more omnipresent then what she was. There are a few more examples of Elizabeth being a bit too knowledgeable about her own plot in the book, but that was one of the main examples that urked me.
All in all, this is a fabulous, deliciously dark book and if you hated reading the original Frankenstein like I did, I'd suggest giving this a read because it made me absolutely LOVE the story!!!