A review by callumfactor
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

3.0

My main take away from reading 'Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus' is that I hate Victor Frankenstein. He is arrogant, privileged, foolish, selfish and stupid. He believes he possesses one of the great intellects of his time, but is incredibly short-sighted and fails to apply basic reasoning skills continually. Whenever any deduction is required he almost always comes up with the wrong answer which he relays to the reader with ill-deserved confidence.
While the Monster's acts are, aimed at the psychological destruction of Frankenstein, are without a doubt sadistic and morally reprehensible Victor refuses to see his creation as anything more than a monster and abandons it at every opportunity.
Even Frankenstein's realisation that he has neglected his implicit duty to his creation is mingled with his assertions that he was totally justified in his mission to murder the Monster.
I could fill pages writing about the reasons I grew to hate Victor Frankenstein and how this ire was stoked by Frankenstein's genius and personality being lauded by almost every character he met. The sailor Walton half in love with him, the Monster even talks about Victor as though the real shame is that he had to torment such a brilliant man.