A review by katereads2much
Dr. Frankenstein's Daughters, by Suzanne Weyn
2.0
An acquaintance of mine told me this book was "cute". I really can't say as I would describe this book as "cute" (this is what I get for trusting a person over the description on the back of the book).
This does have an interesting story concept. I also like that someone is writing creepy stories involving death and violence with girls as the main characters because I think all too often girls get fluff stories and boys get the grisly stories. I'm all for fluff. I love fluff. Fluff is my favorite. But, life is not fluffy. Girls need stories that reflect that life is rarely fluffy, even in - perhaps especially in - the science fiction, fantasy, and paranormal genres.
The author writes this book as diary entries mostly of the two sisters which is not my favorite style but does make for an interesting juxtaposition - diary entries which do include issues of daily life, romance, and throwing an epic party to end all parties with situations involving blood, guts, gore, dead bodies, violence, disease, and sexual harassment.
My expectations were incorrect and those expectations set this book up for ... well not failure but not success. I also felt that the book tried to straddle two very different tones and ended up not quite convincing me of either. In the end, my reaction to this book was "meh".
This does have an interesting story concept. I also like that someone is writing creepy stories involving death and violence with girls as the main characters because I think all too often girls get fluff stories and boys get the grisly stories. I'm all for fluff. I love fluff. Fluff is my favorite. But, life is not fluffy. Girls need stories that reflect that life is rarely fluffy, even in - perhaps especially in - the science fiction, fantasy, and paranormal genres.
The author writes this book as diary entries mostly of the two sisters which is not my favorite style but does make for an interesting juxtaposition - diary entries which do include issues of daily life, romance, and throwing an epic party to end all parties with situations involving blood, guts, gore, dead bodies, violence, disease, and sexual harassment.
My expectations were incorrect and those expectations set this book up for ... well not failure but not success. I also felt that the book tried to straddle two very different tones and ended up not quite convincing me of either. In the end, my reaction to this book was "meh".