First of all let me start off by saying that this is my all time favorite book. And yes I read it for the first time in 2011. I had read parts before and seen the movies book the original…wow it is amazing and it was written by like a 15 year old girl. Now there is nothing wrong with that but when you read the pain and the love and the HATE that she put on the pages it is unbelievable so without further ado and ***spoiler alert** lets get reviewing.
The films always portrayed Frankenstein to be a monster while the book did no such thing not at all was he a creation of a bunch of dead people and sewn together blah blah yes he was but once he was brought to life. Was he angry and try to kill his creator when he was made? Yes but the movies never explain fully his pain. How does an orphan left for dead feel about his birth parents? Now multiply that by the fact that you’re the only one of your kind. And how he learned to talk and interact with humans was extraordinary observing just from a small hole in a cabin he learned to understand human emotions. Even once he did start murdering he only did it because his creator would not face him.
Maybe I interpreted a little to much but it bore a striking resemblance to when humans get angry with God when a loved one is taken away or something bad really bad happens to a good person. Don’t you want an answer from God explaining what happened? But rarely will you get one and that is how Frankenstein’s creation felt. How many of us have raised our fist to our creator demanding an answer knowing that we don’t have the right to question him since he is our creator. But when Frankenstein created this creature that creature was made in pain and alone which is the worst kind of pain. His only request being that he wanted a mate (and considering how this book ended I am not sure how bride of Frankenstein was created). This request was denied because Victor feared another creation would have been just as corrupt and evil, although I really hoped that he did fully carryout the task to show if his assumption was correct.
In the end victor found his end and his creation stood behind his word and ended its own life far away from the reaches of any other man. It truly was a sad tale filled with a little romance but more importantly I thing this book about so called monsters will bring people either closer to there own creators or...at least make them look at there inner demons. All in all I give this book a 5 STAR SPLASH!!!!
In closing I know that my critiques can be a little bit better so please offer some advice should I dig more into the book kind of give more of the plot away? Or is how I am doing good enough to get you interested in reading the book?
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