Michael Gouker reviewed Frankenstein by Mary Shelley by Mary Shelley
Review of 'Frankenstein by Mary Shelley' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
She is a gifted writer. I want to read more of her stories now.
The terror is almost entirely psychological. I've read this before but had forgotten how well-spoken is the monster. It is a true ego and id story.
Also, I always comment how surprising it is that an English teenage girl from the early 19th-century could write this story, but there is so much nativism (slothful asians, etc) that it is shocking. I didn't notice that before--I guess I've changed.
