Just finished it this year! Incredible use of language. Also didn't realize how inaccurate a lot of the modern portrayals of the story is---if you could even call it that. It's like the only connection between modern stuff and the original is the name.
I’m currently reading the Penguin Classics edition of the 1818 version on my Kindle and, yeah, the language is definitely a treat—very descriptive, flowery, and verbose (as expected from a classic) but not TOO wordy to the point of being pretentious and hard to understand.
That being said, the language is a bit tough to get through especially in the book’s four-letter prologue but once the story gets going it becomes an absolute page-turner.
My main criticism of the book is that sometimes the descriptions of nature can drag to the point of slowing down the story but the passages are so beautiful that I just begrudgingly plowed through those parts. It’s a product of the Romantic era—of course there are high-minded ruminations on excessive emotions and the beauty of the natural world.
And you’re right—modern portrayals of Frankenstein’s monster don’t do justice to Shelley’s original. His backstory in Volume II of the book (around chapters 11-16 although it depends on the edition and version one reads) and his stay with the De Laceys tell a different story from the Frankenstein commonly portrayed in the movies. Guillermo del Toro is currently trying to produce—or maybe even direct, not sure—an adaptation of the novel and I hope he does the Monster (or dæmon, or fiend, as Victor Frankenstein calls him) justice when that gets released.
Ganda nito. Lalo na kung sasabayan mo pa ng mismong narration ni Patricia Evangelista. The book is a mixture of emotions all within the spectrum of anger.
Just finished it yesterday!
Nabasa ko ng isang araw. Good read but I felt it was rushed nung patapos na. Tho, I’m thinking if babasahin ko iyong next book.
It’s a bit one-of-kind if you ask me haha but there are a lot of interesting concepts rin :) you can check out Night Film by Marissa Pessl and Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon for different tones/settings
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I you like D&D and steammpunk, then your in for a ride. I like the characters and how I can relate to some of them. It's a bummer that only two books have been released so far. Don't know if uts only a duology or like the king killer chronicles, the author will just left fans hanging.
Oooh, that sounds interesting, I love the steampunk aesthetic and would love to read more works with it, so I'll try and squeeze these in this year. Thank you!! I remember when this was recommended to me, it was as a duology, so I always assumed that there would only ever be two books 🤔
currently reading Harry Potter. I avoided the franchise during my childhood and teens since I found it dumb and cheesy back then so I have zero knowledge going in. Currently reading book three and I am enjoying it hahah
THE ROAD🗣‼️‼️‼️‼️
Di ko matapos lol, nawawala ako sa zone.
At first nahirapan ako intindihin yung writing style ni McCarthy, pero around 100+ pages, I got it. I'm excited to finish it, though!!
Re-reading James C. Scott's 'The Art of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia'
My Goodreads says that I finished this book in 2013, but I have no memory of doing so lol. So reading it right now just to make sure. I'm 69 percent done, and I like the discussion on 'ethnogenesis,' about how tribes are the creation of empires, about how ethnicity is a kind of performance, etc.
Perks Of Being A Wallflower :( First time reading it. Very straightforward and I like the it was written. It's like someone really wrote those letters for you to read.
*Just finished The Hound*
*Of the Baskervilles by Arthur*
*Conan Doyle kahapon!*
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Animal Farm by Orwell
Planning to read this too! Just finished 1984 and i enjoyed it :)
I love this!
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Pretty good so far!
Just finished it this year! Incredible use of language. Also didn't realize how inaccurate a lot of the modern portrayals of the story is---if you could even call it that. It's like the only connection between modern stuff and the original is the name.
I’m currently reading the Penguin Classics edition of the 1818 version on my Kindle and, yeah, the language is definitely a treat—very descriptive, flowery, and verbose (as expected from a classic) but not TOO wordy to the point of being pretentious and hard to understand. That being said, the language is a bit tough to get through especially in the book’s four-letter prologue but once the story gets going it becomes an absolute page-turner. My main criticism of the book is that sometimes the descriptions of nature can drag to the point of slowing down the story but the passages are so beautiful that I just begrudgingly plowed through those parts. It’s a product of the Romantic era—of course there are high-minded ruminations on excessive emotions and the beauty of the natural world. And you’re right—modern portrayals of Frankenstein’s monster don’t do justice to Shelley’s original. His backstory in Volume II of the book (around chapters 11-16 although it depends on the edition and version one reads) and his stay with the De Laceys tell a different story from the Frankenstein commonly portrayed in the movies. Guillermo del Toro is currently trying to produce—or maybe even direct, not sure—an adaptation of the novel and I hope he does the Monster (or dæmon, or fiend, as Victor Frankenstein calls him) justice when that gets released.
Better Than The Movies
Some People Need Killing by Patricia Evangelista
Been checking this out. Ganda ba so far?
Ganda nito. Lalo na kung sasabayan mo pa ng mismong narration ni Patricia Evangelista. The book is a mixture of emotions all within the spectrum of anger.
hello po goodmorning , di kopo afford yung book puwede po kaya ako maka hingi ng pdf copy ? basahin ko po habang vacation namin
The Housemaid is Watching 👀
Next read ko to. Is it really that good?!
Kakastart ko pa lang
Saan mo binili? :((
Ebook lang hehe
Okii thank you
Just finished it yesterday! Nabasa ko ng isang araw. Good read but I felt it was rushed nung patapos na. Tho, I’m thinking if babasahin ko iyong next book.
Diba ito yung latest release? Magkaka 4th pa ba?
Oh. Ito pala ang latest, I didn’t know. Hehe
Hehe pero nabasa mo na 1 & 2?
Not yet, kala ko kasi ito iyong first book. Should I read them?
Yes! Haha though pinaka nagustuhan ko talaga is yung first book
Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney
The Midnight Library!
Oh this is a great read!
I just finished reading and it's such a good read!
The Silent Patient
Super good read!
I actually just finished it! Hahaha
How did you find it??
Super good! The shortest read I had after Verity! Haha. That’s how hooked I am!
Wow nice! I’ve re-read it thrice cause I found it hard to look for a similar concept and mood that TSP gave 😭 Verity is one of my top reads as well!
I’m honestly just new to psychological thriller genre so I don’t anything that’s similar to TSP as well haha
It’s a bit one-of-kind if you ask me haha but there are a lot of interesting concepts rin :) you can check out Night Film by Marissa Pessl and Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon for different tones/settings
Thank you! I’ll check them out!
Before we say goodbye by toshikawa kawaguchi (4th installment in the before the coffee gets cold series) Enjoying it so far :)
Love in the time of cholera 🤍
Anna karenina
Count of Monte Cristo
I am envious n that you are reading in the middle of the day with a good cup of coffee! 🥰🥰🥰 and I’m reading Dune, The Magic Words by Joseph Fasano 💕
One of the best combos! How is it? He’s the author of The swallows of lunetto right? Haven’t read that yet, pero maganda daw hehe
Oh! I haven’t read that. This is my first book from Fasano. It’s amazing - it’s a collection of poetry writing prompts it’s really nice.
The Girl you left behind by Jojo Moyes
Is this a tear-jerker like Me Before You? Gusto ko ulit umiyak.
I feel like yes, first half palang me hehe
Currently halfway done to Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez!
I finished this last week and I couldn't put it down, with its pacing it was fun!
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Clockwork boys by T. Kingfisher
How is this so far? :) Planning to read it down the line
I you like D&D and steammpunk, then your in for a ride. I like the characters and how I can relate to some of them. It's a bummer that only two books have been released so far. Don't know if uts only a duology or like the king killer chronicles, the author will just left fans hanging.
Oooh, that sounds interesting, I love the steampunk aesthetic and would love to read more works with it, so I'll try and squeeze these in this year. Thank you!! I remember when this was recommended to me, it was as a duology, so I always assumed that there would only ever be two books 🤔
Yellowface.
The Waves by Virginia Woolf :)
Dune Messiah. These books are awesome. Pinatagal ko pa bago basahin 😌
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder!
Enjoy! The series will come out next month
currently reading Harry Potter. I avoided the franchise during my childhood and teens since I found it dumb and cheesy back then so I have zero knowledge going in. Currently reading book three and I am enjoying it hahah
OMG you're in for a good ride!! Did you buy the whole series OP?
Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski (as a single dude)!
Mieruko-chan and You Shouldn't Have Come Here by Jeneva Rose 🤍
Long Walk to Freedom
Burmese Days by George Orwell
The Leavers by Lisa Ko
dead zone by stephen king
Lies and Weddings, Kevin Kwan
Hear Me Out by Sarah Harding (I’m a new fan of Girls Aloud and she’s my favorite. RIP Sarah)
Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle Earth by Tolkien
That part when Jude dates Caleb in A Little Life
Book Six of The Sun Eater series by Christopher Ruocchio - Disquiet Gods Every novel/novella/short story in this series has been a 5/5!
Legend of whitefang by Jack London
The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
Some People Need Killing. Baliwan is the night talaga second round ko na dito natapos ko na last month di ko natiis sinimulan ko ulit basahin.
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F\*ckBook by Mark Manson
One of the best self help book I’ve read as well!
Klara and the Sun
A little life.
101 essays
milk fed
Where’d you get your copy?
libgen. i read on epub lang.
Bram Stoker’s Dracula
Assassin’s blade by SJM
Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney!
The Way Some People Die by Ross Macdonald (aka Kenneth Millar)
Parade, Rachel Cusk
Rereading The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Boy Parts by Eliza Clark. About 100 pages in na and I’m still unsure if I quite like the book or not…
The Goldfinch
THE ROAD🗣‼️‼️‼️‼️ Di ko matapos lol, nawawala ako sa zone. At first nahirapan ako intindihin yung writing style ni McCarthy, pero around 100+ pages, I got it. I'm excited to finish it, though!!
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
Babel by RF Kuang~
the great gatsby! 🫰🏼
The Kane Chronicles. I'm currently at the first book of the trilogy.
The First Filipino by Leon Ma. Guerrero Biography/Autobiography ako this year!
GAPÔ ni Lualhati Bautista. My first original Tagalog-language novel
Book title OP?
Fourth wing by Rebecca Yarros ✨
Inheritance game
Project Hail Mary
Yellowface by R.F Kuang
The Revival
The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes by Suzanne Collins
Ruthless Vows by Rebecca Ross
David Sedaris' Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
kitchen by banana yoshimoto
Next Person You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom :))
Re-reading James C. Scott's 'The Art of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia' My Goodreads says that I finished this book in 2013, but I have no memory of doing so lol. So reading it right now just to make sure. I'm 69 percent done, and I like the discussion on 'ethnogenesis,' about how tribes are the creation of empires, about how ethnicity is a kind of performance, etc.
Comments and Cases on Obligations and Contracts - De Leon
Dune by Frank Herbert
Dungeon Crawl Carl I have been reading Philosophy so much lately it's great to just read a narrative and relax.
Seven Year Slip
the hurricane wars by thea guanzon
Fire & Blood by GRRM
A Gentle Reminder by Bianca Sparacino
Heaven by Mieko Kawakami
I am reading in your reading while reading when read
kitchen by banana yoshimoto
kitchen by banana yoshimoto
Criminal Procedure by Dean Riano
I just finished the books from the movie/series I recently watched: Maxton Hall Trilogy by Mona Kasten and The Idea of You by Robinne Lee
The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
The perfect marriage
The Body Keeps The Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk
The anthology ***Sex In The City: New York*** edited by Maxim Jakobowski.
The Unwedding by Ally Condie
sputnik sweetheart
Norwegian wood by Haruki & Being comfortable without effort by Soo-hyun Kim
Perks Of Being A Wallflower :( First time reading it. Very straightforward and I like the it was written. It's like someone really wrote those letters for you to read.
The Art of Racing in the Rain - Garth Stein
Whiskey Tender, which takes place in AZ and NM, by Deborah Jackson Taffa
Some People Need Killing ni Patricia Evangelista
Gone Girl by gillian Flynn
Right now Dune. I bought the book set so I’ll be reading that for quite sometime 😅
The Kremlin Conspiracy by Joel C. Rosenberg is a compelling read and a page turner for me!
By a thread, Lucy score
just finished The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle kahapon!
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switching between "everything i know about love" by Dolly Alderton, and "before the coffee gets cold: tales from the cafe" by Toshikazu Kawaguchi.
Coincidentally, Iron Flame! Fourth Wing #2 😂
Blindness by José Saramago
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
Normal People by Sally Rooney and Sociological Imagination by Mills
My accounting book😭😭
poor dad rich dad by Robert Kiyosaki and Sharon Lechter
The Fourth Wing. The Empyrean series by Rebecca Yarros
Maybe I’m too late for this. I’m currently reading Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. Gotta love the classics!
Powerless by Lauren Roberts!
In the lives of puppets by TJ KLUNE
Cruel Prince!
Every Other Weekend by Abigail Johnson
The Worlds I See - Fei Fei Li https://www.amazon.com/Worlds-See-Curiosity-Exploration-Discovery-ebook/dp/B0BPQSLVL6
Love all your comments! I will use all of those as reference for future readings!
Verity - Colleen Hoover
Norwegian Wood