![]() ![]() This layout and writing style, with the book broken down into smaller parts, makes for an easy and enjoyable read. This book is written under dated subheadings, with a location, which provides a similar layout to a diary entry, with the addition of letters exchanged between characters for extra insight. The story follows Mary and her companions from the summer of 1812 through to 1818, just after Frankenstein was published. Mary originally vowed to never fall in love and to be a strong, independent woman, but all of that changes when poet Percy Bysshe Shelley arrives. In this book we see Mary, Bysshe and Claire run away together on an adventure that goes against everything society believes in. ![]() ![]() ![]() Mary also draws on the elements of her own life to create the most memorable monster of all time. Mary is rebellious and headstrong, and she defies tradition and society. This is the story of Mary Shelley and her monster. I'm back with another book review (no surprise there!) and this time I'm going to be sharing my thoughts on Monsters, the passion and loss that created Frankenstein, by Sharon Dogar. ![]()
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