Frankenstein

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Summary: Its all good!!!
Review: The book is good and I recommend people to read it. Make sure you read the introduction and preface; and also the Letters before you get to chapter one because if you don't you will get a bit confused in the story. The story was well written, but one thing is that it never mentions how he created the monster so it was a bit confusing. It is much different than what I thought Frankenstein was, or how they show him in TV shows or commercials. Other than that the story was good and I enjoyed reading it.

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Summary: It's Not Your Father's Frankenstein
Review: THis isn't the old Frankenstein story you think it is. THis is simply an amazing story written by a very young woman. I was blown away as to the emotional strings this book pulls. An absolute must-read!

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Summary: Too Much Horror for Society
Review: This was the first time that I actually read Frankenstein only to find out the movies of Frankenstein were all fake. If you think the book is like the movie forget about it, it's a completely different story. I did not think that I would enjoy this book the way that I did.

The book starts out very boring and I did not really get into it until I was half way. I really liked the way Frankenstein was so human and at the same time such a horrible monster. The science behind it was a little too unrealistic for me at the beginning but the purpose of Frankenstein himself made that change. Science did not just give him life but also features that are scary to look at, this is the part where if you like horror, you will appreciate Frankenstein's features and appearance.

Fiction is definitely a big part of this book and I personally don't like fiction but still enjoyed it. The book was nothing like I expected from the understanding that I had of what was Frankenstein. This not only introduced me to the real meanings behind the book and about the time that it was written but also about how much it explains about our societies today in one way or another.

I recommend this book for those who think Frankenstein is just another fictional monster because they will have a better if not a completely different story and understanding of Frankenstein and how and why he was introduced in this world.

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Summary: Frankenstein Review
Review: Frankenstein was a pretty good book. It was about a guy named Frankenstein who created a monster using dead parrs of dead people. The book was semi-interesting as the story went along. In the beginning, I found the book to be very dry and boring. As the book went more along, I found that it got interesting. There were things in the book that I was not expecting to happen. You always here these stories about Frankenstein that did not happen in the book. As I was reading the book, I was a little shock at what was happening in the story. When the monster was coming to life, I was expecting something more than all of sudden he is alive. I thought the part about when the monster, whose name is not even Frankenstein which was another shock, was watching after the family for all those days. He was only trying to look out after the family and the children. The only part of the book that I disagreed with was how all the humans were treating the monster. He was only trying to find a friend. On the other hand if I saw a monster on the streets, I would probably run the other way. The book definitely brought out the issue of racism. Another issue in the book that was definitely gross was the thought of Frankenstein and Elizabeth falling in love with each other. Also, how she brought these feelings out that he had for his mother. Another part was when Elizabeth was murdered. You could see that coming. Why Frankenstein did not stop the monster from committing this crime blows me away. Overall, the book was not bad. I gave the book a three because it was not the greatest book I ever read but it was an interesting book.

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Summary: Frankenstein
Review: I enjoyed this book, even though it was nothing like anything that I expected. When I first thought of Frankenstein, I saw a creature that was ten feet tall, had bolts in his neck, and was hideously ugly. As I started reading the book, I soon realized that Frankenstein wasn't the name of the creature at all, it was the inventor. Mary Shelley never gave the creature a name, which I thought was odd. She did give a description of him, but I was surprised that it was nothing like the "classical image of Frankenstein." This book was at times hard to follow, and hard to predict. At times, I wondered if this hideous creature was really so bad. Mary Shelley painted this picture of thoughtfulness and actually gave the creature a heart. He was seen as a monster by society, when in fact he had the heart of a human to the reader. This book puts all the movies that I have ever seen about Frankenstein to shame. I started to wonder where the writers of the movie got their information, because they changed one of the most important elements of the book-the creation and the character names.

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Summary: Frankenstein
Review: Mary Shelly's Frankenstein is obviously a classic. This book was one that I never thought I would find myself reading but the more I got into it, the more I enjoyed. The classic story of the man who creates his own monster out of anger and aggression, is portrayed somewhat differently than what most think. Unlike the movies, the monster is an intelligent man who knows what he wants, and the man who created him is just as smart. The book follows the main character through his life, past, and present and somewhat into the future. With exciting twists and turns and climatic events, Frankenstein will keep any reader interessted. This book will make you think, use your imagination and have sympathy for the main character. I would reccomend this book to everyone, especially those who are big fans of all the Frankenstein movies.

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Summary: Way too large for life!
Review: It is amazing that Mary Shelley was a teenager when she wrote this novel. Unfortunately, the amazement ends there. This book was based on a wonderful concept. An intelligent man creates a human-like being to compensate for his lost loves, only to watch his creature destroy more of his loved ones. Sounds catchy, ironic, and scary!! Sadly enough, each of these exciting points in the novel are only brushed upon. No detail is given to the audience regarding the actual creation of the monster. A plethora of pages are even donated to Frankensteins reaction to his creation. At this point, I checked to make sure I hadn't accidentally stuck ten pages together from the gum I was twirling in my fingers!
As in all critism, good points should be expressed. I thoroughly enjoyed the monster's account of his adventures. These chapters were described wonderfully, allowing readers to feel the monster's pain. That's right, I felt badly for this destructive creature. It did not even matter that the monster's learned speech that was so fluent and intelligent was learned in the timespan of only a year or so. Dr. Frankenstein created quite an intelligent monster aparently.
Perhaps if I hadn't anticipated a horrific story about a briliant scientist with messy hair chanting "He's alive! He's alive!" over a gigantic creature, I would have enjoyed this book more. Instead, I read a novel that would be appropriate for a segment on Saturday morning cartoons.

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Summary: Twisted Image
Review: A Flash of lightning strikes, thunder crashes rumbling the whole house and suddenly... Wait a minute! This is not the book I read. The image that our society has of Frankenstein is extremely twisted from Mary Shelley's original. I am not exactly sure if the ugly, horror image was the one that Shelley was attempting to achieve. However, she ended up creating a novel that dealt more with an individual struggle rather than a horror story. Victor Frankenstein, who is not the creature, but the creator, provides readers with many interesting perspectives about his thinking and motives. Mary Shelley has written an excellent novel for readers who want to analyze her work using various critical methods.
I believe she has also written an excellent novel for readers who can stand an extremely slow pace. The story began and I felt like I was never going to reach the heart of the novel. However, once the reader moves through the introduction, Shelley does not stop giving you creative images and adventure. Overall, I believe the novel was a descent story for the basic, surface reader. In addition, I think that the psychoanalytic critics could have a field day with Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.

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Summary: A book for all ages...
Review: Frankenstein is a book for all ages. Frankenstein has shown versatility throughout its life. This book has been adapted by its readers to represent all eras. It offers the reader a look not only into the past but also to the near future. With such things as the Human Gnome project in mid-flourish Frankenstein has yet again opened the eyes of its readers. The horror is not in the story but is in the representation it presents to us today. Technology, science, love, and when you throw in the ambition of "Victor" you can closely relate to this tale. Mary Schelley may have never intended for Frankenstein to be a book into the subconscious, or a representation of Marxist ideologies and various other criticism, but it has lend itself to be a perfect subject for study. Frankenstein is truly a book worthy of reading by the most critical of readers.

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Summary: Frankenstein
Review: If you like horror, then this book is one you should strongly consider reading. Forget about your "ideas" of Frankenstein from the movies, and instead focus on the life of a man who plays god. Dr. Victor Frankenstein who creates a living human being all by himself. But, who would of thought that when the creature would awake, Victor's creation would turn out to be a horrible monster that even Victor himself rejects.

The story opens in the frozen Arctic wastes during a sea-going expedition to find a passage through the ice to the East. Aboard the ship after a strange meeting, Frankenstein tells his story. As a young man he wanted to find ways to create bigger and better things in the sciences, and indeed figured out a way to create life. Having done so, he became alienated from the world, which left significant consequences for both Frankenstein and his creation. The two interact closely throughout the book, sometimes almost like twin brothers (in one sense as if the monster was a form of Victor) and like Creator and creation in another.

While the monster's appearance frightens many he is still merely just human, and desires like all other humans for anyone's understanding, and loving to fulfill his need to be accepted. The theme of friendship and ambitions can be seen, and the conflict of each of these difference shows through each of Victor and his creations appearances with each other.

This novel is memorable due to its depth, mood, descriptions of Victor's creation, and mostly of the dark, cold truth telling of the real monsters within others, and not just necessarily in Dr. Frankenstein's creature.

This book may present some significant challenges to its reader's. The novel seems to take a long time to develop each of it's specific points, so patience is required to go through layer after layer in hopes of being able to see the underlying picture of the story told.

Why, give the book three stars instead of five? The awkwardness of the story was an annoying setback, but well worth the read. While many may not fail to be drawn back by this, it was something that made it harder to push through. While the style of the book moves and develops extremely slowly, just when you feel nothing could happen, it does! That is what makes the book go on, and the reader becomes satisfied.

After you have had a chance to absorb and appreciate the consequences of this book you find you are then asking yourself how you yourself relate with others. Then you start to examine future potential consequences you might make. This book can help you in a way to think about your actions before you take them, and make your decisions more worthwhile.