⚠️ CW: murder, child death and suicidal ideations ⚠️ If classics are your thing then this one will probably be high up on your list but unfortunately it just wasn't for me and I appreciate that may be somewhat of an unpopular opinion 🙈 This book follows Victor Frankenstein who succeeds in giving life to one of his creations. However, rather than it being the perfect specimen he'd imagined it to be, it became a hideous creature that Victor and the townspeople rejected and tried to drive away but this led to the monster seeking revenge through murder and terror. This book really fell quite flat with me and even though it's a good read I felt that the biggest barrier was the language. And yes, I know this book was written in 1818 and a lot has changed since then but I feel like some classics really stand the test of time and can still be understood and enjoyed across generations and while I'm not saying I didn't enjoy this book, it was just a difficult one because I felt I needed to keep flipping to the glossary to understand certain words and phrases. Overall, this is a good literary gothic horror and I'm glad I can tick it off of my list but this may be one of the few books where I recommend choosing the film or tv adaptation instead.