Frankenstein

Frankenstein is an old, famous classic by Mary Shelley written in 1818. Frankenstein is about a scientist who creates a monster and unintentionally causes destructive events. Hard working university student, victor Frankenstein who discovers how to give life to a dead body and uses his knowledge to unintentionally makes a monster. He thinks his scientific discovery will lead to other scientific break- through but when he comes out the other side he is full of regret.

I didn't particularly enjoy this book but I could be biased as I don't really enjoy non modern books as I don't understand the language used or the way it's written, but some parts l did enjoy 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. I liked the chapters in the story that were narrated by the monster because I sympathised with his loneliness. This book is regarded as a horror story but I would disagree I see this book as more sad than horror. The writing is complex and vivid and expresses the anguish of both monster and who not enjoy complicated and slightly old fashioned writing will find it difficult to read, but the story was well told and the writing definitely brought it to life. It's hard to believe it came from the imagination of a 19 year old girl writing in 1818.

Overall would give this book a 3/5 As I think it is hard to read because of the old fashioned language but I did enjoy parts of the book, particularly the parts from the monsters point of view and I would strongly recommend this book to people who enjoy old-fashioned horror.

CShillam