Reader Response

I went to look on Goodreads for some reviews on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. The first review I came across was from a woman named Hannah. Hannah gave this book zero stars out of five saying that she read it for fun, as she listed off sarcastic ways to have fun- “watching paint dry fun.” She seemed to not be too impressed with the story and claimed that she “noted every single page number,” and counted down to when she’d be finished. I can see where she is coming from. I myself was confused about the entirety of the story and found most of it to be somewhat boring and dry. But, Hannah and I maybe should have read more carefully and analyzed what was really going on in the story. We both may have enjoyed it more.

                Michael, on the other hand, gave this book five stars saying, “In the end the story has no true villain or hero.” Which is true considering Victor and the monster were both considered villains and heroes at different parts of the book.  But what really struck me was when he said, “The story also leaves you wondering on how you treat others, do our actions end up turning people in a ‘monsters’?” I think Victor treating the monster badly made the monster angry and therefore he would always lash out.