A review by winterpirate
Such Wicked Intent by Kenneth Oppel

5.0

Oh dear, my heart. Where to begin?

I picture Oppel thinking something like this: How am I going to beat the rather disturbing three trials from the first novel? Solution- let's have some creepy mud children and butterflies mixed with a little body snatching and maybe we'll even drown someone.

I have to say I rather hated Elizabeth this novel. She can be as religious as she likes, please stop forcing it on Victor, and stop being so self-righteous. I suppose the ending explains some of her stupidity, but I was past irritation when she

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picked up the baby despite Victor's insistence that that is NOT how things work. He was the only one who saw it, maybe listen to him? That child's facial transformation was really disturbing. Still, I felt kind of sad at his drowning. I wanted Victor to help him, but I also wanted him dead. So conflicted.

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I knew Analiese was bad the moment her face shifted, and I had often wondered about Wilhelm disappearance but I never put the two together. I felt a little sick to my stomach actually, when he ran off with Victor's ring and stole his body.

Actually, the whole novel made me uncomfortable and I loved it.

I'm sure everyone knows the original story of Victor Frankenstein, who used electricity make his resurrection work.

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So does anyone else feel really shuddery and panicky about that last paragraph?

Update: I'm still waiting desperately for the third but there has been no news...
Update: I guess this was a duology?