Speaking of apparent horror...
I just finished reading Frankenstein... Talk about cr@p! Mary Shelley did for a good 170 pages.
How on Earth this thing became a classic is beyond me. Must be a similar thing to Gullivers Travels in that it was a good story, told abysmally, but due to the foundations of the story was chopped and retold enough to forget how woeful the actual book was to begin with.
First of all, Dr Frank (though he's not a dr) takes 3 years to create this 'monster'. During those 3 years you think he would've thought to himself, "gee, this thing's kind of ugly". Not so. Only when miraculously came to life (no lightning or anything like that either by the way) did he realise "oh my god its' so ugly!!!" and run and hide for a good two years. What the hell is that??? What was he working blindfolded before this moment or something?
Anyway. The monster found him after 2 years and tells his story. Amazingly after only just learning the language he has a vocabulary rivalling a world Scrabble champion. Oh he also complains of the cold and wet, but can later flee to the North Pole in comfort.
And do you ever get a description of this ugly monstrosity? No. Not once in the book does she come close to describing what he looks like.....truly terrifying.
Oh and all the guy characters are so damn camp it's like a silver jubilee or something.....and dumb to boot.
One last thing. The pinball is pretty crap as well.
And there ya have it. Frankenstein in a nutshell.
Rating: HATE!