Hello, I was about to buy a book and was thinking of grabbing Frankenstein. I’m really wondering if it is worth reading. Any ideas or insights, since books in our country are quite expensive? I am a newbie and haven’t read a lot, but I enjoy reading. My past reads were:
Midnight Library (my first book and favorite 🥹)
Jane Eyre
Metamorphosis
I am also thinking of grabbing Billy Summers by Stephen King, so I’m choosing between Frankenstein and Billy Summers. Thank you for your suggestions!
by Icyhandsss
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A timely request. I am right now reading Frankenstein – on page 180 of 216. (Penguin 1818 text version). It has been not at all what I expected, and very good. Definitely not the big green dumb lumbering beast that the monster has come to be portrayed as. Nor has Frankenstein been the character that I assumed he’d be based on what I *thought* I knew of the story. Very much a story of each of us being the creators of our own demons.
Billy Summers is also quite entertaining, but an entirely different style altogether. It’s more of a crime thriller. I definitely enjoyed it, but I’m also a lifelong King reader.
It’s a good book but it’s also free to read online. https://en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/Frankenstein,_or_the_Modern_Prometheus_(First_Edition,_1818)