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Frankenstein

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Start date: September 22, 2011

Finish date: October 18, 2011

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Connor is reading it for his British Literature class.
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#20 on NPR's Top 100 SF/F novels of all time (2011 poll) http://www.npr.org/2011/08/11/1390858...

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Oct 19, 2012 Jim rated it liked it

Shelves: 2fiction, 1paper, 3classics, scifi

The story is excellent, a real must-read, & entirely different than most of the movies, but the writing bores me to tears. Nothing is ever said with one word when a paragraph will do. I liked an edited for kids copy that I read with mine much better, although that changed a lot of the story as well.

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Sep 17, 2012 Carrie marked it as to-read · review of another edition

Shelves: own, read-my-shelves

*Edit: Writing this here as a reminder for myself. Read this book before the year 2014 is over, preferably within the the next few months (July 31/14)

I've read Mary Shelley's Frankenstein: Novelization but not the real book, which I've had on my shelves for years and keep on meaning to get too. ...more

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Jan 09, 2015 Tani rated it it was ok

Shelves: female-author, horror, 2015-novels

I have to admit, I wasn't a fan of this book. I did not like Victor Frankenstein. I thought he was pretty terrible, and I didn't have much sympathy for his plight. To his overwrought whinings, I say, "Man up and accept responsibility for your mistakes. No, I don't mean kill the 'monster.' Apply the Golden Rule. Treat your creation as you would like to be treated. Be a father!"

In case you couldn't guess, I really wanted Frankenstein to take the 'monster' under his wing and teach him about the wo ...more

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Nov 10, 2007 Ruth rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: classics

When I first encountered this book I was expecting the green monster from the films,but I got something even better. I love that one gets in the mind of the creature and in the mind of Victor. I was torn as to which of the two beings had the right, but I am came to the conclusion that neither had the right.

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