The mysterious stranger

The book the mysterious stranger is a book by Mark Twain that’s set
in the Middle Ages, in a small remote village in Austria called
Eseldorf. In the book there are three boys called Theodor, Nickolas
and Seppi who are living normal lives. Until one day they meet a
mysterious boy who’s young, handsome, and beautifully dressed but
unknown to them he is Satan reincarnated. Throughout the book
there is a lot of which craft like when 11 school girls go missing and
where found burned at the stake. Towards the end farther peter is in
his trail when Satan enters with the body of wilhing meidling. The
attorney of defence who proves all the gold pieces but four where
minted in that year so farther peter could go free.
Through the book I enjoyed was how there was lots of twists and
turns with many different characters. I don’t like how the book
doesn’t actually finish so it finishes on a cliff hanger which I like in
most places but it’s annoying at the end of the book as you won’t
find out what happens.
Overall I think it’s a good read and interesting for people who like
witchcraft and like books set in the middle age but I would
recommend it because I prefer comical or funny books and it wasn’t
very entertaining.

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