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heatherlynnhla2 's review for:
Frankissstein
by Jeanette Winterson
Well, Frankissstein is not at all what I expected it to be— I was expecting a typical romance novel, complete with total lack of substantial plot, gratuitous sex, and overly-obvious/ poorly written description. Frankissstein was different, though I wouldn't say I loved it, I was interested.
The book is structured in an unconventional way, jumping between historical fiction of Mary Shelley's life and sci-fi of a present/ near future in which all the characters mirror the poets or characters from Shelley's Frankenstein. Both sections deal with questions of gender, sexuality, progress, technology, and the central question of how much power should humans really have? I much preferred Mary Shelley's narrative of her life and creations over Ry Shelley's romance with a mad scientist, but overall, I'm left impressed, and just the right amount of confused confused.
The book is structured in an unconventional way, jumping between historical fiction of Mary Shelley's life and sci-fi of a present/ near future in which all the characters mirror the poets or characters from Shelley's Frankenstein. Both sections deal with questions of gender, sexuality, progress, technology, and the central question of how much power should humans really have? I much preferred Mary Shelley's narrative of her life and creations over Ry Shelley's romance with a mad scientist, but overall, I'm left impressed, and just the right amount of confused confused.