Thursday, April 22, 2010

It Really Is Les Miserables

I thought this was supposed to be a horror story? It ended up being more of a book about internal conflict; not very scary, or interesting. I felt the book was very anit-climactic, I didn't feel as though there was a real action- intense scene. I guess I was expecting the creation of the monster to be the climax, but instead that scene played only a minute part in the book. The book was more about human nature than ghost stories. I am slightly disappointed that there was not a lot of external conflict in the book, it would have made it more exciting. However, I am glad that Victor and the monster die in the end because it seems as if all has been brought to justice. They both got what they deserved; they both committed terrible crimes and paid the ultimate price.

1 comment:

  1. I was thinking about the internal conflict. All the modern retellings are focused on external conflict, so I thought to myself, "How did we get such interesting stories about a monster from a story all about internal conflict?" Then I realized somebody must have read this story and thought, "You know what would be better than internal conflict? External conflict!" Thank God for "Young Frankenstein."

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