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Mary and the Birth of Frankenstein
by Anne Eekhout
Thank you to partner Bibliolifestyle and Harper Via for the gifted copy
Switzerland, 1816. 18-year-old Mary Shelley and her lover arrive in Geneva to visit their friends. Reeling from an unimaginable loss, Mary spends her days in sorrow until a challenge to write the best ghost story reminds Mary of another summer four years ago...
Scotland, 1812. Mary arrives as a guest of the Baxter family and befriends young Isabella. The girls soon form a close bond until a charismatic yet mysterious man enters the picture.
FRANKENSTEIN is a sapphic reimagining of Mary Shelley's life and the roots of her literary masterpiece. The novel navigates two distinct timelines, weaving the past from Mary's 1st person POV and the present from a 3rd person view. The narrative dance between these timelines left me grappling with the elusive connections that sometimes remained out of reach.
I appreciate the Sapphic undertones and the dream-like quality, adding an intriguing layer to Mary's character. While her voice veers on the distant and passive, it adds to the sinister and atmospheric world Eekhhout constructed in FRANKENSTEIN.
I wasn't aware of Mary Shelley's bisexuality/queerness until this book and had a field trip going down the Google rabbit hole. FRANKENSTEIN excels in creating a hauntingly atmospheric setting, making it a perfect read for the Halloween season.
Switzerland, 1816. 18-year-old Mary Shelley and her lover arrive in Geneva to visit their friends. Reeling from an unimaginable loss, Mary spends her days in sorrow until a challenge to write the best ghost story reminds Mary of another summer four years ago...
Scotland, 1812. Mary arrives as a guest of the Baxter family and befriends young Isabella. The girls soon form a close bond until a charismatic yet mysterious man enters the picture.
FRANKENSTEIN is a sapphic reimagining of Mary Shelley's life and the roots of her literary masterpiece. The novel navigates two distinct timelines, weaving the past from Mary's 1st person POV and the present from a 3rd person view. The narrative dance between these timelines left me grappling with the elusive connections that sometimes remained out of reach.
I appreciate the Sapphic undertones and the dream-like quality, adding an intriguing layer to Mary's character. While her voice veers on the distant and passive, it adds to the sinister and atmospheric world Eekhhout constructed in FRANKENSTEIN.
I wasn't aware of Mary Shelley's bisexuality/queerness until this book and had a field trip going down the Google rabbit hole. FRANKENSTEIN excels in creating a hauntingly atmospheric setting, making it a perfect read for the Halloween season.