The Apprenticeship Of Victor Frankenstein (6 books in series)
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review 1: It must have been fun for Oppel to write his one and only bad boy! It was fun for me to read. But given my last review of one of his stories, I may as well switch things up and complain about his bad habits here.1. A languishing, absent or otherwise invisible mother.2. One meanin...
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review 1: Once again I was blown away by the uniqueness of this story. Wow. Though Frankenstein and his monster have been around for ages, and thus have had many awful repeats and spin-offs, I can honestly say I have rarely read such a truly enticing tale surrounding a well loved classic.I...
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review 1: Quite frankly, young Victor Frankenstein ANNOYS me. He is infuriating, selfish, dragging friends into his quest for glory and to impress Elizabeth, who explicitly states that she isn't interested in him. I don't hate him. I just... don't like him. A lot. Which is fine, because fl...
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review 1: 'This Dark Endeavour' is a fantastic gothic novel for the YA (or possibly older middle-grade) market.Basically, it imagines what might have made Victor Frankenstein the man he was in Mary Shelley's novel.It takes place when Victor Frankenstein is 16 years old. He lives a very com...
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review 1: The only reason I gave this book 2 stars is because I didn't actually enjoy the story. The writing was awesome as usual with this author, and the creepy parts were... CREEPY, But I just didn't enjoy reading about how bad the characters got. I didn't like all the demons and posses...
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review 1: This is one of those books where I liked it a lot but most of the time it drove me crazy. I have never read the original Frankenstein story but I know enough about it to tell that Victor Frankenstein is a genius but also a madman. This book is unique because it shows you how he...