"Fear not that I shall be the instrument of future mischief. My work is nearly complete." pg. 165
Overall this book was nothing like I expected. There was no green stupid monster or creepy side kick named Igor. However there was a lot of conflict and interesting commentaries about how society perceives things based on appearance. There were certain parts of the book I found very interesting such as the plot line or these commentaries about society. However I felt like a great deal of the book was spent describing really insignificant details. I got really sick of reading about all the nature scenes and the travels. Victor spent several pages describing his childhood, but there were only two describing how the creature was created. I felt like it dwelled on topics that the movie version obviously cut out for good reason. Still the story has underlying messages of how judgements and obsession can ruin people. So all and all the book wasn't my favorite. It dragged on a little too much. However, I think that I've read worse and it definitely made me think about society more deeply which was probably the point. So in that case I guess it could be considered a success. I still think the creature deserves a name though.
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