Mary Shelly's Frankenstein

[Sonic Glitch]

We just finished reading this in AP English. I enjoyed it, and ended up liking the creature a little more than Dr. Frankenstein. Anybody here read it? And what did u think?

[Mikey]

I read it about a million years ago, but I always thought it was a bit obvious about the philosophical themes. Good writing, though. I prefer Stoker's Dracula, but many people seem to find it tedious to get through the some of the Dickensian narrative bits.

[Sonic Glitch]

I read Dracula in 7th grade. It took a bit to get through but I enjoyed it.

[Reliant121]

I am fond of classic fiction, even if the only exposure i've had to it was Jane Eyre, which i am reading at the moment. It's beautifully written, and has a good Women's rights message, even if it is a little blatant.

[Captain Seafort]

I read it about a million years ago, but I always thought it was a bit obvious about the philosophical themes. Good writing, though. I prefer Stoker's Dracula, but many people seem to find it tedious to get through the some of the Dickensian narrative bits.

I've never read Frankenstein, but I agree that Dracula is excellent, particularly the way Stoker managed to maintain a coherent plot while hopping around between half a dozen different narratives.

[Mikey]

Exactly. The bits I like - using different styles of narrative to express different POV's - is the bit the same people think of as too much work to get through.

[Captain Seafort]

I can understand where they're coming from - it can be tricky to keep track of who's narrating what, and in the hands of a less skillfull author the technique can reduce an fundamentally interesting plot to an incomprehensible mess. David Feintuch tried it in "Voices of Hope", and as a result it's the by far the weakest of his novels IMHO.

[Mikey]

I'm not familiar with Feintuch, but most of the complaints against Stoker which I've heard can plausibly be attributed to lazy readership. Reading Dracula is hardly instant gratification.

[Sonic Glitch]

I am fond of classic fiction, even if the only exposure i've had to it was Jane Eyre, which i am reading at the moment. It's beautifully written, and has a good Women's rights message, even if it is a little blatant.

We read that over the summer for AP English. I didn't hate it nearly as much as I hated Dinner at the Homesick Resteraunt...a "modern" classic.
I like Kiss & Tell (a book about writing biographies) and A Tale of Two Cities.

[Mikey]

I can't bear Dickens. His credo: "Never say in five words what you can say in 82."

[Sonic Glitch]

I can't bear Dickens. His credo: "Never say in five words what you can say in 82."

That was the only brain melting part.

[Mark]

I know that I grew to feel more for Adam (the Monster) than Dr. Frankenstien. He just seemed like a victim, who quite simply lost it.

[Reliant121]

I'ma biting the bullet, and reading War and Piece volume 1 at the moment.....i like it so far.

[Sonic Glitch]

I know that I grew to feel more for Adam (the Monster) than Dr. Frankenstien. He just seemed like a victim, who quite simply lost it.

Indeed.

[Sionnach Glic]

Dude, don't steal my pointless one word answers.

I can't bear Dickens. His credo: "Never say in five words what you can say in 82."

Utterly agreed.