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A review by tumblyhome_caroline
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
5.0
I don’t know why I haven’t read this before. Maybe it was because I thought I knew enough of the story, but clearly I didn’t. It isn’t a scary read in a spooky sense, but it is in other ways. It is about paradise lost, about Genesis, what makes man capable of atrocity, a revenge story…it is about enough to fill a thesis in about 10 volumes.
As I read the last paragraph I had quite a physical reaction, that feeling when people say ‘someone just walked over my grave’. My scalp tingled and I felt shivers from head to toe. Not something I have experienced reading a book before.It was such a profound end.
I felt it had so much to say to us today…how humanity should have more humility, understanding, kindness and how we should look carefully at ourselves in the mirror. Books are excellent for walking in someone else’s shoes but then I think this book goes further, because who could read it and not really question how far they would go in the circumstances given here.
If you haven’t read it before I think it is best read in a short space of time and then take a long space of time to digest it and think about it.
On a downside I think we are used to much more condensed storytelling these days so the writing, tho atmospheric and descriptive, can feel a bit drawn out. Personally I love that, but I can see some people wanted a quick fix with the plot. I loved how it was a bit rambling, for me it was wonderfully immersive.
Anyway, I read this as part of the Hardcore Literature book club, which I must say is the very best reading community club ever. Lots of interesting and detailed lectures on books with a wonderful interactive group chat too. This is via Patreon but also some content is free onYoutube.
https://youtu.be/4OJSNE9sraE
Merged review:
I don’t know why I haven’t read this before. Maybe it was because I thought I knew enough of the story, but clearly I didn’t. It isn’t a scary read in a spooky sense, but it is in other ways. It is about paradise lost, about Genesis, what makes man capable of atrocity, a revenge story…it is about enough to fill a thesis in about 10 volumes.
As I read the last paragraph I had quite a physical reaction, that feeling when people say ‘someone just walked over my grave’. My scalp tingled and I felt shivers from head to toe. Not something I have experienced reading a book before.It was such a profound end.
I felt it had so much to say to us today…how humanity should have more humility, understanding, kindness and how we should look carefully at ourselves in the mirror. Books are excellent for walking in someone else’s shoes but then I think this book goes further, because who could read it and not really question how far they would go in the circumstances given here.
If you haven’t read it before I think it is best read in a short space of time and then take a long space of time to digest it and think about it.
On a downside I think we are used to much more condensed storytelling these days so the writing, tho atmospheric and descriptive, can feel a bit drawn out. Personally I love that, but I can see some people wanted a quick fix with the plot. I loved how it was a bit rambling, for me it was wonderfully immersive.
Anyway, I read this as part of the Hardcore Literature book club, which I must say is the very best reading community club ever. Lots of interesting and detailed lectures on books with a wonderful interactive group chat too. This is via Patreon but also some content is free onYoutube.
https://youtu.be/4OJSNE9sraE
As I read the last paragraph I had quite a physical reaction, that feeling when people say ‘someone just walked over my grave’. My scalp tingled and I felt shivers from head to toe. Not something I have experienced reading a book before.It was such a profound end.
I felt it had so much to say to us today…how humanity should have more humility, understanding, kindness and how we should look carefully at ourselves in the mirror. Books are excellent for walking in someone else’s shoes but then I think this book goes further, because who could read it and not really question how far they would go in the circumstances given here.
If you haven’t read it before I think it is best read in a short space of time and then take a long space of time to digest it and think about it.
On a downside I think we are used to much more condensed storytelling these days so the writing, tho atmospheric and descriptive, can feel a bit drawn out. Personally I love that, but I can see some people wanted a quick fix with the plot. I loved how it was a bit rambling, for me it was wonderfully immersive.
Anyway, I read this as part of the Hardcore Literature book club, which I must say is the very best reading community club ever. Lots of interesting and detailed lectures on books with a wonderful interactive group chat too. This is via Patreon but also some content is free onYoutube.
https://youtu.be/4OJSNE9sraE
Merged review:
I don’t know why I haven’t read this before. Maybe it was because I thought I knew enough of the story, but clearly I didn’t. It isn’t a scary read in a spooky sense, but it is in other ways. It is about paradise lost, about Genesis, what makes man capable of atrocity, a revenge story…it is about enough to fill a thesis in about 10 volumes.
As I read the last paragraph I had quite a physical reaction, that feeling when people say ‘someone just walked over my grave’. My scalp tingled and I felt shivers from head to toe. Not something I have experienced reading a book before.It was such a profound end.
I felt it had so much to say to us today…how humanity should have more humility, understanding, kindness and how we should look carefully at ourselves in the mirror. Books are excellent for walking in someone else’s shoes but then I think this book goes further, because who could read it and not really question how far they would go in the circumstances given here.
If you haven’t read it before I think it is best read in a short space of time and then take a long space of time to digest it and think about it.
On a downside I think we are used to much more condensed storytelling these days so the writing, tho atmospheric and descriptive, can feel a bit drawn out. Personally I love that, but I can see some people wanted a quick fix with the plot. I loved how it was a bit rambling, for me it was wonderfully immersive.
Anyway, I read this as part of the Hardcore Literature book club, which I must say is the very best reading community club ever. Lots of interesting and detailed lectures on books with a wonderful interactive group chat too. This is via Patreon but also some content is free onYoutube.
https://youtu.be/4OJSNE9sraE