A review by serinas
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text by Mary Shelley

reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Frankenstein is a book about what it means to be human. I can't say much else about the plot without spoiling, even naming characters and such is kind of a spoiler. It's slow paced and at times hard to get through, but it reflects on what it means to be human in a beautiful way that I loved.

I have nothing bad to say about it. It certainly isn't a book for everyone, and I imagine not everyone will like it. I enjoyed everything from the plot to the writing style.

Here are some of my favorite quotes:
" 'Hateful day when I received life!' I exclaimed in agony. 'Cursed creator! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust? God in pity made man beautiful and alluring,
after his own image, but my form is a filthy type of your's, more horrid from
its very resemblance. Satan had his companions, fellow-devils, to admire and encourage him; but I am solitary and detested."

"they spurn and hate me. The desert mountains and dreary glaciers are my refuge. I have wandered here many days; the caves of ice, which I only do not fear, are a dwelling to me, and the only one which man does not grudge. These bleak skies I hail, for they are kinder to me than your fellow-beings. If the multitude of mankind knew of my existence, they would do as you do, and arm them-
selves for my destruction. Shall I not then hate them who abhor me?"