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A review by unlikelyplaces
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
4.5
How shocking, Frankenstein is good, what a surprise š®
Sarcasm aside, I havenāt read this since I was in school and I definitely have a better appreciation for it now. I think that learning a bit about Mary Shelleyās life really made it come to life for me this time around. The things that she went through and her feelings are so prevalent on page (would highly recommend listening to the Mary Shelley episode of āYouāre Dead to Meā before reading).
I did struggle at times with the pacing (as someone who is used to slower paced classics) because I felt as though there were long stretches that I spent the whole time wondering how they were relevant. However, this didnāt ruin the story for me.
I started off listening to the audio for this and ended up switching to the physical because I wanted to annotate, I definitely already plan on picking this up again at some point to annotate the first half. It definitely deserves its classic status.
Sarcasm aside, I havenāt read this since I was in school and I definitely have a better appreciation for it now. I think that learning a bit about Mary Shelleyās life really made it come to life for me this time around. The things that she went through and her feelings are so prevalent on page (would highly recommend listening to the Mary Shelley episode of āYouāre Dead to Meā before reading).
I did struggle at times with the pacing (as someone who is used to slower paced classics) because I felt as though there were long stretches that I spent the whole time wondering how they were relevant. However, this didnāt ruin the story for me.
I started off listening to the audio for this and ended up switching to the physical because I wanted to annotate, I definitely already plan on picking this up again at some point to annotate the first half. It definitely deserves its classic status.