As a mostly young adult reader, I found this story pretty interesting. Frankenstein is classic Gothic literature, that of which we see today in Twilight or The Vampire Diaries. I found it interesting that both Edward Cullen and Victor Frankenstein have a lot in common. Particularly in Breaking Dawn, when Edward discover he's created a "monster" in Bella and will do anything to protect her from it. With Victor Frankenstein, he's also defied nature in creating life that is not supposed to be possible and wishing to rid it from the world from fear of it destroying the people he loves.
I love reading one of the more popular works of Gothic literature, and since I read it for class, I liked being able to discuss the history of the piece and understand it's background.
Overall, I think Mary Shelly was really getting at something here. And I love the way the story was told through the perspective of 4 different people, who appear to have no relation to each other at first.
However, as someone who hates science, I didn't enjoy the language used and felt it was too scientific for my taste. I also found myself really bored, sometimes Victor Frankenstein would go on about things that had nothing to do with the plot at all. 3/5 stars.