Frankenstein Book Review 1

Do you like the novel? We enjoyed this book, with its last question asking what it is to be human. Every book that has been written about artificial intelligence since Frankenstein owes something to Mary Shelley. We found the relationship between the monster and the creator compelling and fascinating. We liked the fact that although Frankenstein sees his monster as a brutal demon, the book allows readers to see events from the monster's perspective too. We liked the chapters in the story in which the monster tries to have a relationship with people because we sympathised with him and his loneliness and we thought Victor Frankenstein was arrogant and hypocritical. Ultimately it is Frankenstein who must answer for the monstrous act committed by his creation. 2

Why does it appeal to you? Generally this book is regarded as a horror story but we would have to disagree. More than anything else this is a sad book, when you think about what would have happened if the monster had not been so alone, and if every human had not rejected him in the way they did. We have been thinking about this ever since we turned the final page. 3

Would you recommend it ? In our opinion we strongly believe that this book should be recommmended to people who enjoy reading curiosity and suspense novels, because the plot of the story is based on the creation of a living being. Also we think that it is an appropriate book for people who are learning English. 4

What are the books strengths and weakness? We would give this book a B+ rating with about 4 out of 5 stars because the plot was very well thought out but it lost our interest in some parts especially with the repitition of deaths and Victor as a carácter, as sometimes it was a little difficult to understand, but we thought the book was very well written. Mary Shelley wrote the creation scene well too as she reflects her own life through the monster's feelings. We also enjoyed the fact that certain aspects of the Victor as a character represented characteristics of those from Shakespearean literature. 5