It was....alright?

Honestly as much as I wanted to enjoy it. I couldnt. While I appreciate the fact that this inspired so much in the monster genre, the "Frankenstein " monster we all have come to know is more a creation of hollywood. Not this novel. There was no castle, no moment of "it's alive!" The creation of the monster was melodramatic and it's hard to find a creature that is so intelligent and depressed, scary. The narrative was dull (although I do admire Shelley and realise this is the manner in which most novels at that time were written) and was not for me. I did enjoy the imagery I painted in my head but the structure, lack of any real interaction between characters and it's endless segues honestly bored me to death.