![]() ![]() The portrayal of Mary, Bysshe, and Jane are all extremely unlikeable. It often felt like I had whiplash trying to keep up with the rapid-fire PoV changes. ![]() I thought a novel about Mary Shelley and the creation of Frankenstein would be told from Mary's point of view strictly, however, the book is third-person omniscient, leaving no thought by any character untold. It felt extremely clunky to read and had no real flow. This is something I can overlook, but even flashbacks were written in the present tense which made things so confusing that I often had to turn back and reread what I had just read in order to make sense of what was going on in the novel. The whole book is written in the present tense. Unfortunately Monsters: The passion and loss that created Frankenstein fell completely flat in its retelling. Frankenstein is one of my favorite classic novels and a chance to learn about Mary Shelley's life, even if a fictional retelling appealed to me. This retelling recounts their journies across Europe and back, children being born, loss, love, and Mary's writing of Frankenstein. Mary, backed by the feminist ideas by her late mother, found Bysshe's way of thinking fascinating and she and Jane decide to join him in creating a community for those who want to follow the ideas of free love. Monsters by Sharon Dogar is a retelling of the life shared by Mary Shelley, Sir Percy Bysshe Shelley, and Jane Godwin. ![]()
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