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What was most surprising to me about this book is how little it resembles its modern cultural adaptations. The monster isn't green. No little knobs on his neck. Far from growling and mumbling incoherently the monster references Milton and Romantic writers. It's just fascinating (and sadly telling) that the modern descendent of Frankenstein's demon is an uneducated ineloquent brute.

I loved the way Shelley presents Victor as someone who was genuinely motivated by the love of learning, at least in the beginning.I could recognize his feelings of bliss in study and hunger for learning. How he couldn't sleep because of the thrilling fire of ideas burning deep in his mind.

What I didn't appreciate is Victor's lack of response to the hideousness that he creates. He never tells anyone about what he has done until the very end. This doesn't make sense to me. I mean, the monster tells him, "I will be with you on your wedding night," and Victor has the presence of mind to leave his new bride alone on their wedding night. Aside from this I think Shelley does tolerably well presenting the scenes and building the suspense, even if you can predict what's coming next.

The questions I was hoping this novel would address are still left somewhat unanswered, perhaps intentionally. What does Shelley think about the relationship between God and humanity? Is this about human ambition or an idea of innate human sinfulness? Both? Neither?