Frankenstein

Executive Summary: There were a few parts I thought were interesting, but overall this one just wasn't for me.

Full Review
Frankenstein permeates our culture. I think I've seen the movie before, but it's hard to remember for certain. You just feel like you know the story already even if you've never read the book.

The book was certainly different than I expected though. I'm not sure if that's a good thing or not. I'm sure someone who studies literature could explain why the book has what I consider by current books to be a very strange and unnecessary framing device. I don't care about the guy who traveled north and is writing letters to his sister. I just don't.

Then again, I really didn't care for Frankenstein either. Maybe that's the point of the book? Who's the real monster or something? I don't know, I just know that despite how short the book was, it took me a very long time to get through the whole thing.

The highlight for me was some of the early chapters told from the creature's POV. It makes them much more sympathetic despite the horror of their later actions. Could all of this have been prevented if Frankenstein had simply been a better man?

I'll leave the dissection and discussion to others however. At this point I'm simply happy to be moving on.