Frankenstein

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Summary: A little disappointing
Review: This has to be one of the rare occurances where the movie actually surpasses the book. While there's no denying it was an incredible idea, particularly for 19 year old girl written so very long ago, I found the language inpenetrable, repetitive and rather unsettling.Much of this book is written in a philosophical tone and the reader is expected to wade through page upon page of the internal workings of the central protagonist, Victor Frankenstein. In spite of this, I felt incredibly distanced from him due the language used to describe his emotions.Nonetheless, the book's themes are fascinating and insightful. It is basically a story of how a man's arrogance and thirst for knowledge leads him to meddle with nature, and what tragedy this causes both for him and the being he creates. The idea was enough to captivate me and spur me on to finish the book; it almost makes up for Mary Shelley's unlikeable style - but not quite.

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Summary: psychological thriller
Review: This sometimes-terrifying account of a man's battle with his inner and all-too-real demons is one of the great masterpieces of English literature. Beautiful!

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Summary: kept me up all night just reading it!!
Review: the first few chapters were boring..till the part the creation of monster was described...then i just couldn't put it down.i feel for the monster cause it's lacking parental love from the day of its birth.

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Summary: Strong book, but......
Review: This was a powerful book. It had compassion, it was a classic piece. but it didn't flow well and hard to read. Other than that the book was allright

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Summary: It was very attention grabbing
Review: This book had my undivided attention and I couldn't put it down

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Summary: Great plot, confusing writing style
Review: I read this book in 9th grade as a requirement. I enjoyed the plot, but the older English and vocabulary were utterly impossible to follow. The constant feeling of despair and pesimism is enough to stress you tremendously. The story, itself, however, is wonderful. You can decide whether Victor Frankenstein is the monster or whether his creation is the monster.

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Summary: You won't put this thriller without knowing who HE is!
Review: Shelly's use of words and imagery, in this classic book, allows the reader to feel and see the intense relationship between creator and monster. It's a mood of anger, sorrow, and outrage. The details of the chase for revenge are strong enough that the reader is scared for humanity, but feels sorrow for the hideous monster. This book is my personal favorite. Shelly makes this a romantic battle of wits till the end.

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Summary: Not particularly entertaining
Review: Okay, I can see the romanticism that is covered with this book but I cannot fidn the entertainment that is supposed to lie in every single book upon this earth. I am 15, and sitting here reading (and sleeping to) this book was just an absolute waste of time. The book was filled with constant tautology (constant repition of the same thing, just in different words) and filled with chapters that were utterly pointless. There is no horror to this story at all...It is about a living creature, shunned by society who eventually goes on the rampage. Gee, like that hasn't happened before. The story was generic, even for it's time. I think Mary was desperate, considering that the book wasn't even liked in the first place by the original romanticists authors of that time.

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Summary: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein:
Review: Yes, since the story was written a while ago, the language and slowness do tend to become tiresome at times. However, the actual meaning of the story is quite important (especially because of who wrote it and when SHE wrote it.) This is a story about a "monster," no, a story of a living thing, innately good, who is MADE into a monster by his creator and the society in general. I beg you not read the story as a horror story, but as a truth about human-kind.

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