Frankenstein

maudreyful recommended this 4 months, 1 week ago

great great great great great! easy to get into and absorbing, but with astounding depths of complexity if you should care to explore them...

milangelic recommended this 1 year, 6 months ago

Think of everything you've ever heard of about Dr. Frankenstein's monster - that moaning, groaning, imbecilic abomination. Now throw all of that out the window, because the original novel is so startlingly different (and surprisingly good!) that it may as well be completely unrelated.

annyullmann recommended this 1 year, 8 months ago

In my opinion, it's worth the read because it's such a classic novel. It is indeed a good story and not all bad, but it feels extremely simple, borderline naive at times. But then again, you should always consider it was written by a 19 year old in 1818. Times were different.
As I said, is not all bad. The message is great: As Kathriller said "man's power to create and (in the process) destroy".

rob-gordon recommended this 1 year, 8 months ago

A beautifully written novel offering so much more than the film adaptations. The depiction and later narration of the monster CREATED by Frankenstein is wonderful and puts a whole new perspective on your surroundings and fortune.

amandapickering recommended this 1 year, 9 months ago

(Arguably) the first science fiction novel.

Kathriller recommended this 1 year, 10 months ago

I try my hardest to avoid referring to the creation as a monster. Shelley knew how to tell the best kind of horror story: the kind that demonstrated man's power to create and (in the process) destroy. Will always be a favorite.