Goodreads Blurb
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a combination of Gothic novel and science fiction. It unfolds the story of a scientist Victor Frankenstein who creates a hideous monster from pieces of corpses and brings it to life. But the monster eventually becomes the source of his misery and demise. The plot of the novel is epistolary. The story is narrated through the first-person accounts of Captain Walton, Victor Frankenstein, and the monster himself. Moreover, Frankenstein is also a frame story. It means a story framed or surrounded by another story or a series of stories.
My Review: Rated 5 out of 5 Stars
I was excited to read the original Frankenstein. I was so proud that a woman wrote this fantastic book with passion and heartbreak when women didn’t have equality. The story does differ from the movie in several parts. I tentatively waited for the moment when Victor Frankenstein says, “It’s alive, alive, alive!”. Well, that moment never shows up in the book. I felt sadness that Frankenstein only wanted to be accepted, treated right, and loved. His creator brought him to life without thinking about if his experiment worked. All he cared about was creating a human being and scientifically being the first person to create such a being. His grotesque monster scared him away, leaving his creation to fend for himself. I was proud that Frankenstein learned to speak and act like a human, but unfortunately, his appearance scared people away. He was bigger than any regular human, with many scars and flaws.
Frankenstein turned to revenge and killed people to teach Victor he had a duty to him. Everyone’s rejection created a villain of someone who just needed to be loved. Frankenstein isn’t any different from a regular human. He had feelings too, he could have been trained to do what a human does if only someone saw past his flaws. This book is relevant today as many people try to find ways to be seen, accepted, and loved. Let’s learn from Victor’s mistakes; accept people for their uniqueness and not push people away because of their flaws.
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