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My Review:Title: Frankenstein
Author: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Published by: AmazonClassics
Release Date: May 2, 2017
Format: Kindle Book
Pages: 126
Genres: Classic
Reading Challenges: CC's Goodreads Reading Challenge
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My rating:
Blurb:Mary Shelley began writing Frankenstein when she was only eighteen. At once a Gothic thriller, a passionate romance, and a cautionary tale about the dangers of science, Frankenstein tells the story of committed science student Victor Frankenstein. Obsessed with discovering the cause of generation and life and bestowing animation upon lifeless matter, Frankenstein assembles a human being from stolen body parts but; upon bringing it to life, he recoils in horror at the creature's hideousness. Tormented by isolation and loneliness, the once-innocent creature turns to evil and unleashes a campaign of murderous revenge against his creator, Frankenstein.
Frankenstein, an instant best-seller and an important ancestor of both the horror and science fiction genres, not only tells a terrifying story, but also raises profound, disturbing questions about the very nature of life and the place of humankind within the cosmos: What does it mean to be human? What responsibilities do we have to each other? How far can we go in tampering with Nature? In our age, filled with news of organ donation genetic engineering, and bio-terrorism, these questions are more relevant than ever.
Ok this book was good in that it made me think. I loved the words but not the story. Both the Dr and the Retch were just plain stupid but that’s coming from a more progressive time were we don’t blame each other for our shortcomings and/or actions and try to compare each others suffering as if it’s an excuse for our actions. Emotional immaturity as it’s finest.
First off Frankenstein was the biggest coward I have ever met. Although I think the retch was pretty cowardly as well. They both blamed each other for their own failings and were consumed with being right. To the point of violence. And then at the end when neither one really got what they wanted, the retch was all please forgive me sire. Um, nah bro you killed hella people and tried to blame him for it. Then you tried to argue that you suffered more than anyone else. Maybe that got lost in translation but your hurts are no bigger or worse than others dude. You don’t get to compare them. Anyway, I just kept going back to the blame game. Is the Dr to blame for not taking responsibility for his creation? Or is the retch to blame for his own actions? And also, are these both sides of one coin? Do we each have within us the capacity to identiy with the violent retch and the cowardly Dr? I don’t know but I sure as shit am glad I read this book.
And now, my reading status updates, just for funnsies:
August 16, 2019 – 8%”I was worried I wouldn’t understand the writing because it was written so long ago. And while I was trying very hard to translate it I realized that the I was losing the beauty of the wording. So I’m gonna try to just absorb it as is and not sweat the small stuff.”
August 16, 2019 –31% “Damn, I reading this pretty fast.”
August 23, 2019 – 36% “This guy is such a coward! He allows Justine to die for a murder she never commited! He runs away after he creates this monster with no regard for anyone elses safety. I don’t get where his head is at. He’s a terrible MC and I hope he dies at the hands of his own creation.”
August 27, 2019 – 45%”The monster speaks so eloquently. And how dare he demand that Frankenstein listen to his side of the story. Dude! You killed two people, you don’t get to make demands.”
October 1, 2019 – 67%”It’s all starting to come to a head. I hope they all die. LOL”
October 2, 2019 – 87%”I still don’t see any end in sight but I’m nearly finished so hopefully it resolves soon”
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