(No comments on her lack of a thesaurus, please. We've covered it. Almost as much as she uses the words "countenance" and "benevolent.")
. . . here is what I like about your book. And this is what I SO don't like.
(No comments on her lack of a thesaurus, please. We've covered it. Almost as much as she uses the words "countenance" and "benevolent.")
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Bailey Manor
12/8/2015 09:20:13 am
I enjoy how there are the different frames in the story. Readers get the opportunity to see Robert Walton, Victor, and the creature's sides of the story. My favorite frame was when the creature was telling his story, because I got to see how people really treated him. This helped me understand why he basically "snapped" and killed Victor's loved ones.
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Mrs. S
1/25/2016 08:41:40 am
That is my favorite frame, too! I think the Creature's story is not only the most interesting but the most accessible in terms of ease of reading.
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Dan Polson
12/8/2015 09:20:19 am
The biggest problem with Frankenstein was Mary Shelley. Other than her lack of thesaurus, she lacked any semblance of an explanation of how the monster came to be. Yet, she was able to have several different chapters devoted to travelling in great detail. The main characters (Victor and the Monster) both felt like the same character. Victor and the monster were drama queens. Their dialogue read like they were the same person. The monster was also hard to sympathize with after he was taking great joy in killing innocent people. There was no benevolent feelings I had towards him, and you can see it in my countenance.
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Mrs. S
1/25/2016 08:42:25 am
That chapter where Victor and Henry are just bopping about Europe.... ughhhh.
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Rachel Coyne
12/8/2015 09:32:22 am
I really did not like how the story was told through so many different people.I don't really know how it could have been done differently, but at some points it was hard to follow. The other issue that I had was that it was so unrealistic and was not at all scary like it was supposed to be.
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Bailey Manor
12/9/2015 08:45:53 am
I think that the story is better because it is told from so many different people. It really gives readers the opportunity to see the story from each character's view. I think that the story would have been boring if it was told just from one person.
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Rachel Franzen
1/18/2016 06:34:18 pm
I agree with Bailey. If the story was not told from so many different people, we would not have been able to see the different sides of the story given. We got to see both Victor and the Creature's versions, which helped in understanding a lot of the problems that occurred throughout the story. If this story was just told entirely through the eyes of Victor, it would have been extremely biased towards the Creature.
Nick Kalmes
1/20/2016 08:08:44 am
I agree. I felt like she could have told the story without so many stories within a story. The background about the family that that the creature was spying on was unnecessary and it felt like it was there just to fill space.
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Mrs. S
1/25/2016 08:49:12 am
Part of the lack of scariness that you guys are finding in some of these older novels is just our day and age, I think. Back then, this was considered a horror novel that genuinely scared people. I think the news media and modern horror movies have totally desensitized us to feeling afraid from something like Frankenstein.
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Esther Gland
12/10/2015 06:55:02 am
I liked the book, I just don't see how it can be classified as a horror story. It made me sad, not scared. I felt many things throughout the novel--pity, anger, frustration, and exasperation, among others. But never really fear. Mary Shelley needs to work on that. Don't call it a horror story if it's not. And it's really not. But I did like how it was a frame narrative. All the different points of view were super helpful in developing the novel's depth.
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Jack Hannack
1/18/2016 06:50:55 am
One thing I liked about "Frankenstein" was how dramatic Victor was throughout the story. I found it funny how he handled every situation in the book. What I did not like about the book was how many coincidences there were. What are the odds that the monster's first victim was Victor's brother William?
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Jordan Walkky
1/18/2016 08:26:40 am
One thing that I liked about ¨Frankenstein¨ was how Mary Shelly developed the characters and made them enjoyable to hate. I do not know if it was intentional or not, but Victor being very dramatic made the story very enjoyable and I had a great time hating him. I also liked how she made the Creature´s story so pitiful which evoked my sympathies. These character developments made the story more intriguing
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Jacqueline Dieckman
1/20/2016 08:19:16 pm
One of the things that bothers me about the book is that it doesn't explain how the creature was brought to life. I really wish she would have given more details about this other than digging up graves for body parts. It maybe would have made the story more believable which would make it scarier. I did like how the creature and Victor were super dramatic. It's hard to feel bad for them when they act like that.
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Dan Polson
1/21/2016 12:21:23 pm
I agree with what you said about creating the monster. Overall, I think the book lacked explanation. Instead of making up even an outlandish explanation for anything, it was just there. Why couldn't Victor make Monster 2 in Germany like he did before instead of going to England? Why is the monster so strong and so fast if he's made of human parts? It's a fiction novel, and thus things can be made up.
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