A review by raspberrybones
Frankissstein by Jeanette Winterson

1.0

This may have been the least thought out book I have read to date. I do not normally write a review, and certainly not a negative one, but I think it is needed to stop people from reading it. Winterson attempts to write about way too many subjects, the majority of which she knows nothing about. This book is filled with stereotypes for women, transgender people, southern Americans, plus sized people, Jewish people, and many others. It takes an unclear stance on AI, and the main character switches ideals multiple times. The character of Ry Shelley alone was enough to make me want to stop reading. This is not to speak on the historically-inaccurate Mary Shelley narrative, which made the book confusing to read and added nothing to the narrative. I had high hopes for this book, as it had the chance to become a fascinating study on AI or religion or post humanism or transgenderism in the lens of Frankenstein, but I was severely let down.