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Frankenstein: Prodigal Son [FRANKENSTEIN BK01 FRANKENSTEIN] [Mass Market Paperback]
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Published July 31, 2009
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Dean Koontz
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October 2, 2025
I would have enjoyed this book far more it I had read it 20 years ago. Still, it was a fun book, but it had a number of issues.
**SPOILERS**
It makes some sense that Dr. Frankenstein would have figured out a way to keep himself alive for 200 years since he made the Monster. The copycat being introduced first (if I remember correctly) placed an interesting spin on it. I was disappointed that the Monster, or Deucalion, was handsome except for one side of his face, and based on the description, to me, was not tall enough. I hated the potential romance between the detectives and found it unnecessary. What fascinated me was the way the monsters, if you call them that, were all trying to learn about life, and what was missing from it. I liked the priest in the book because, after Silver Bullet, Lady Hawk, Sin City, Red Riding Hood the movie, Two Worlds Two, the evil priest has just become boring to me. I really felt sorry for the head in the while substance who mentally controlled the hand, and was relieved when Erica, the monster wife, ended him mercifully. However, I did not feel the need for Victor Helios, or Frankenstein, to be that evil and kill her. The one detective that was giving birth was a bizarre ending, but I prefer bizarre over plots that are dull.
**SPOILERS**
It makes some sense that Dr. Frankenstein would have figured out a way to keep himself alive for 200 years since he made the Monster. The copycat being introduced first (if I remember correctly) placed an interesting spin on it. I was disappointed that the Monster, or Deucalion, was handsome except for one side of his face, and based on the description, to me, was not tall enough. I hated the potential romance between the detectives and found it unnecessary. What fascinated me was the way the monsters, if you call them that, were all trying to learn about life, and what was missing from it. I liked the priest in the book because, after Silver Bullet, Lady Hawk, Sin City, Red Riding Hood the movie, Two Worlds Two, the evil priest has just become boring to me. I really felt sorry for the head in the while substance who mentally controlled the hand, and was relieved when Erica, the monster wife, ended him mercifully. However, I did not feel the need for Victor Helios, or Frankenstein, to be that evil and kill her. The one detective that was giving birth was a bizarre ending, but I prefer bizarre over plots that are dull.
June 29, 2024
Read it many years ago and thought it was good but did not enjoy it second time round
May 28, 2025
Very good for its genre. Read because I'm prepping a class on the origins and afterlives of Shelley's novel.
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