Frankenstein

The entire novel was fantastic, especially with the annotations made by the editors of my book which tied certain aspects of Shelley's writing with her life experience giving me a better understanding thematically. The characters were usually well-written, even if I didn't see much of a “passionate romance” (quote from my book's back summary which calls the book a horror novel, philosophical and a romance novel) between Victor and Elizabeth. I actually appreciated the simplicity of Elizabeth's character considering the role she would play but I wouldn't have minded her fleshed out a tiny bit more. Considering my feeling that this book leans towards horror and philosophical more than romance, the focus on the character of the creature and Victor was sensical. I also found that there was more of a complex musing on the thematic issues than I expected there to be. Neither Victor or the Creature are portrayed as being 100% wrong in one view so that was refreshing.