A review by melissasbookshelf
Dr. Frankenstein's Daughters, by Suzanne Weyn
4.0
This is a great sequel/retelling of the classic Frankenstein. I really enjoyed the gothic feel to the novel and the way the book seamlessly fit into the classic.
This book is about the twin daughters of Dr. Frankenstein whom he hid away so that the monster would not destroy them. His first wife dies giving birth to them and they are sent to live with the mother's family. Sixteen years later, their uncle comes to give them their inheritance which includes an old castle on a forbidden Scottish Island where Dr. Frankenstein in the classic built and then destroyed the wife for the monster. The castle is an old creepy castle and seems haunted.
The story is told through journal entries of the two sisters. The two sisters have very different personalities. Giselle is the more beautiful of the twins and suffers from nightmares and sleepwalking. Ingrid, the other twin is the more intellectual of the two and has a strong curiosity about her father's work. When murders begin to happen around the island and people start to disappear, the book really starts to take off and you begin to wonder who is killing these people? Has the monster returned?
I highly recommend reading the classic before reading this book and I also recommend this for older teens because of a little bit of gore.
This book is about the twin daughters of Dr. Frankenstein whom he hid away so that the monster would not destroy them. His first wife dies giving birth to them and they are sent to live with the mother's family. Sixteen years later, their uncle comes to give them their inheritance which includes an old castle on a forbidden Scottish Island where Dr. Frankenstein in the classic built and then destroyed the wife for the monster. The castle is an old creepy castle and seems haunted.
The story is told through journal entries of the two sisters. The two sisters have very different personalities. Giselle is the more beautiful of the twins and suffers from nightmares and sleepwalking. Ingrid, the other twin is the more intellectual of the two and has a strong curiosity about her father's work. When murders begin to happen around the island and people start to disappear, the book really starts to take off and you begin to wonder who is killing these people? Has the monster returned?
I highly recommend reading the classic before reading this book and I also recommend this for older teens because of a little bit of gore.