Finished reading: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley 📚

Spoiler alert for a 200 year old story you’ve heard a bunch of times already. This is my first time reading this, after years of meaning to. I’m glad I finally did. I can tell why this story continues to be such a fascination; the core of that narrative is so compelling. The unintended consequences of unbridled ambition, the horror and devastation this creation brings, your sympathy for the monster—it’s all here. That being said, from a modern lens, it does suffer from the ignominies of it’s...