Friday 19 January 2018

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein - Review

January is the 200th Birthday of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, and as a teenage girl writer I really admire Mary who was only nineteen when the book was published in 1818, and so I have reviewed the book as a Birthday Celebration!

My battered copy of Frankenstein!


Captain Robert Walton was trying to reach the North Pole, when he met Victor Frankenstein: The Creator.

Frankenstein, ill from the terrible cold, has been welcomed upon Walton’s ship where he reveals his past and the story of ‘The Monster.’ Frankenstein shows his private world of creating the creature and shows how his mistakes had led to him to be sick with worry, for how had he let his masterpiece escape? After endless search and disastrous help, he reveals word of his brother, William, who had been murdered!




More crimes committed towards his family, forced him to face his creation, but The Monster reveals that there is more to him than meets the eye. Is everything Victor hears true? Or is this even the Monsters real story, and why does he end up in the North Pole almost dead?


Frankenstein is a fantastic book full of creative twists and turns written by the young author Mary Shelley. Brilliant old English, that starts off tough but pushes you into the story and will never let you out. I couldn’t put it down and thought it was one of the best books I have ever read!


Me outside Albion House where Mary finshed writing Frankenstein!

1 comment:

  1. Hi Bea, your questions makes me want to read the book and I like your final paragraph and think it's really helpful that you say the book starts off tough but pushes you into the story. Honesty in a book review is a very useful pointer for people. Great to have a photo too! Great review.

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