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alliereadspastherbedtime's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
b_shiara's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
ashleycmms's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Death, Body shaming, Body horror, and Child death
brookeandbookz's review against another edition
Read for school, why I didn't add a star rating. Did not enjoy this novel.
suvata's review against another edition
5.0
Read many years ago 1970s(?) - Rated: 3-Stars
Read in 2021 for a classic re-read project - Rated: 5-Stars
One of the BBC’s ‘100 Novels That Shaped Our World’
200 years after it was first published, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein has stood the test of time as a gothic masterpiece—a classic work of humanity and horror that blurs the line between man and monster…
The story of Victor Frankenstein who, obsessed with creating life itself, plunders graveyards for the material to fashion a new being, but whose botched creature sets out to destroy his maker, would become the world’s most famous work of horror fiction, and remains a devastating exploration of the limits of human creativity. A novel of hallucinatory intensity, Frankenstein represents one of the most striking flowerings of the Romantic imagination.
Read in 2021 for a classic re-read project - Rated: 5-Stars
One of the BBC’s ‘100 Novels That Shaped Our World’
200 years after it was first published, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein has stood the test of time as a gothic masterpiece—a classic work of humanity and horror that blurs the line between man and monster…
The story of Victor Frankenstein who, obsessed with creating life itself, plunders graveyards for the material to fashion a new being, but whose botched creature sets out to destroy his maker, would become the world’s most famous work of horror fiction, and remains a devastating exploration of the limits of human creativity. A novel of hallucinatory intensity, Frankenstein represents one of the most striking flowerings of the Romantic imagination.
axl_oswaldo's review against another edition
5.0
¿Qué puedo decir de Frankenstein que no se haya dicho ya?
A veces vivir bajo una piedra respecto a ciertas cosas tiene sus ventajas; esto lo digo porque no tenía idea de qué me iba a encontrar en esta historia, no había visto ninguna película relacionada con la novela, ni había leído nada acerca de qué iba la trama. Lo único que sabía por cultura general, es que era un monstruo que vivía en un castillo y su nombre era Frankenstein (sabrán interpretar esto como mi ignorancia). En pocas palabras, entré ‘ciego’ y salí viendo más de lo que esperaba.
¡JOYA!
A veces vivir bajo una piedra respecto a ciertas cosas tiene sus ventajas; esto lo digo porque no tenía idea de qué me iba a encontrar en esta historia, no había visto ninguna película relacionada con la novela, ni había leído nada acerca de qué iba la trama. Lo único que sabía por cultura general, es que era un monstruo que vivía en un castillo y su nombre era Frankenstein (sabrán interpretar esto como mi ignorancia). En pocas palabras, entré ‘ciego’ y salí viendo más de lo que esperaba.
¡JOYA!
zdneyks's review against another edition
3.0
3.25
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Frankensteinin lukeminen itsessään oli nautinnollista. Teksti kulki eteenpäin sulavasti ja kirja hukkui hetkessä. Kuitenkin oli kohtia, joissa jäin pohtimaan. Kaipasin niihin jotain enemmän...Victorin suhteen ehkä myös vähemmän.
Se, mitä luulin kirjan olevan erosi hyvin paljon todellisuudesta. Oletin jatkuvasti eri lopputulemaa, ja siksi loppu jäikin hiukan hämmentäväksi.
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Frankensteinin lukeminen itsessään oli nautinnollista. Teksti kulki eteenpäin sulavasti ja kirja hukkui hetkessä. Kuitenkin oli kohtia, joissa jäin pohtimaan. Kaipasin niihin jotain enemmän...Victorin suhteen ehkä myös vähemmän.
Se, mitä luulin kirjan olevan erosi hyvin paljon todellisuudesta. Oletin jatkuvasti eri lopputulemaa, ja siksi loppu jäikin hiukan hämmentäväksi.
thelittlefriend's review against another edition
2.0
How do we create monsters? What constitutes the meaningfulness of life? And how much can our deeds and sufferings be traced back to our environment and the people who - in different ways - aided in creating us?
These are questions that arose from my reading of this 1818 novel by Mary Shelley. I'm not sure I agree with this being a horror story, though. Surely there are many of the elements that horror stories usually comprise of - storms and thunder, death and destruction, fear and terror - but mostly, I feel, it's a very sad story of love (yes), loss and humanity.
However, despite the very interesting story and the wonderful gothic themes, I found the reading to be quite exhausting. The pace is extremely slow, the narration (someone tells their story to a person who then tells his story to another person who writes his sister some letters which we as readers then are reading *phew*) is super weird and the writing is tedious and often downright boring. Still, there are a few beautiful quotes and moving passages, but had the book been much longer I don't know if I'd bothered finishing it.
These are questions that arose from my reading of this 1818 novel by Mary Shelley. I'm not sure I agree with this being a horror story, though. Surely there are many of the elements that horror stories usually comprise of - storms and thunder, death and destruction, fear and terror - but mostly, I feel, it's a very sad story of love (yes), loss and humanity.
However, despite the very interesting story and the wonderful gothic themes, I found the reading to be quite exhausting. The pace is extremely slow, the narration (someone tells their story to a person who then tells his story to another person who writes his sister some letters which we as readers then are reading *phew*) is super weird and the writing is tedious and often downright boring. Still, there are a few beautiful quotes and moving passages, but had the book been much longer I don't know if I'd bothered finishing it.