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High School Horror Story #1
Teen Frankenstein
High school meets classic horror in this groundbreaking new series.
It was a dark and stormy night when Tor Frankenstein accidentally hit someone with her car. And killed him. But all is not lost--Tor, being the scientific genius she is, brings him back to life...
Thus begins a twisty, turn-y take on a familiar tale, set in the town of Hollow Pines, Texas, where high school is truly horrifying.
It was a dark and stormy night when Tor Frankenstein accidentally hit someone with her car. And killed him. But all is not lost--Tor, being the scientific genius she is, brings him back to life...
Thus begins a twisty, turn-y take on a familiar tale, set in the town of Hollow Pines, Texas, where high school is truly horrifying.
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First published January 12, 2016
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November 23, 2015
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Who doesn't love Frankenstein?
I thought the book was okay for what it was, I loved the concept. I just didn't love the book to death. That being said, there will be tons of people to love this book and that is great :)
As you can read in the blurb, Victoria (Tor) Frankenstein takes after her late father in the Science department, but she goes a little bit further and creates her own re-animated being. She does this with the help of her best friend Owen, which he wasn't on board with at first, but you kinda have to when it happens.. right? right?
Tor names "him" Adam and he doesn't recall any memories of who he really is.. just nothing. Adam is very sweet and acts like Tor is his mama, which, I guess she is this time around! I mean he's not a randomly pieced together boy, he was in a tragic accident and then boom...he's back :)
I guess what got me for the story is when right the next day they take him to school before teaching him too much of anything. There were some fun things go on at school that involved Adam.
There are some twists, turns and some other things that will lead up to the next book.
*I would like to thank NETGALLEY and MACMILLAN for giving me the opportunity to read this book in exchange for my honest review.*
Who doesn't love Frankenstein?
I thought the book was okay for what it was, I loved the concept. I just didn't love the book to death. That being said, there will be tons of people to love this book and that is great :)
As you can read in the blurb, Victoria (Tor) Frankenstein takes after her late father in the Science department, but she goes a little bit further and creates her own re-animated being. She does this with the help of her best friend Owen, which he wasn't on board with at first, but you kinda have to when it happens.. right? right?
Tor names "him" Adam and he doesn't recall any memories of who he really is.. just nothing. Adam is very sweet and acts like Tor is his mama, which, I guess she is this time around! I mean he's not a randomly pieced together boy, he was in a tragic accident and then boom...he's back :)
I guess what got me for the story is when right the next day they take him to school before teaching him too much of anything. There were some fun things go on at school that involved Adam.
There are some twists, turns and some other things that will lead up to the next book.
*I would like to thank NETGALLEY and MACMILLAN for giving me the opportunity to read this book in exchange for my honest review.*
November 17, 2015
Writing this book was a five-star experience, so there you go.
March 29, 2016
3.75!! Video review to come!
February 6, 2017
Wow, it took me so long to get through this book. Okay as a whole, this book was average. This retelling didn't capture all of the elements of the original story that I wanted it to encapsulate except towards the end which was disappointing. The main bit I wanted was for the MC to have more of a complex within herself which didn't happen because she appeared to feel nothing (except towards Adam really) about anything relating to what she had done. I predicted who the Hunter was from a mile away which I guess was okay because I doubted myself for a brief period. I kind of thought that Owen and Tor would become a thing but I'm glad they didn't become a thing because that would have been weird in context. Also, I was glad Tor didn't get raped by Knox, and I'm glad he died because he was a horrible character. From what I can tell, we will not see the MC from this book again, but the next one sounds sort of interesting. I probably won't pick it up. I don't know if I would read anything else by this author. Yeah. A big positive for me was all the science that appeared in this book. It was good to see some geek representation. Would I recommend this book? I'm not sure. Probably not which is really unfortunate. I think that concludes my review. Thanks for reading this ramble and I shall see you all next time.
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April 5, 2016
A modern spin on the tale of Frankenstein brings a character in Tor who is complex and determined. But the cost of "success" begins to gnaw at her edges once her "Adam" is brought back to life. Full of scenes that haunt in true horror form, it's also a book that speaks to what friendship and love mean and the lengths we'd all go to keep them alive. And in the author's very capable hands, it does all of this while being well-written, entertaining, and surprising. Great read.
October 27, 2019
actual rating: 3.5
I was worried this would be a bit 'too YA' for me, but I actually ended up really liking it. Don't get me wrong, there was a lot of high school drama and kind of a love triangle [...or square?] and other stuff, but I actually don't seem to mind excessive teen drama in Frankenstein retellings in general. It just always seems so in character because Victor [or in this case Victoria] Frankenstein is 100% that bitch.
Anyway, this was an interesting read and went pretty fast considering how long it was [I know it doesn't sound long by page count but it was over 100k by word count]. There's the classic reanimated corpse storyline and then also a series of murders that are taking place and it all comes together really well at the end. I don't think I will read the other books in the series [I am not really into Jekyll and Hyde or Phantom of the Opera] but I definitely ended up enjoying this one.
I was worried this would be a bit 'too YA' for me, but I actually ended up really liking it. Don't get me wrong, there was a lot of high school drama and kind of a love triangle [...or square?] and other stuff, but I actually don't seem to mind excessive teen drama in Frankenstein retellings in general. It just always seems so in character because Victor [or in this case Victoria] Frankenstein is 100% that bitch.
Anyway, this was an interesting read and went pretty fast considering how long it was [I know it doesn't sound long by page count but it was over 100k by word count]. There's the classic reanimated corpse storyline and then also a series of murders that are taking place and it all comes together really well at the end. I don't think I will read the other books in the series [I am not really into Jekyll and Hyde or Phantom of the Opera] but I definitely ended up enjoying this one.
October 3, 2016
I wanted to read this book because of the twist on a very classic story: that of the monster of Frankenstein. In this version of the story, the genius is a 17 year-old girl named Victoria and it takes place in the present time. The reason I didn't give it a higher rating is because, in my opinion, there were a few flaws to the story to make it more interesting and entertaining.
So the book starts with Victoria driving back home from her friend Owen's house late at night in the heavy rain when she suddenly gets a text from Owen and she simply glances down at her cell quickly, when she turns back up, she sees a young man wondering the streets. She slams on the breaks hard, but due to the pavement being soaked, she ends up hitting him -and killing him. She then gets the idea of taking him back to her father's shed (her father, like her, was a genius and she followed in his footsteps. He had made the shed of their home into his laboratory and she kept it for the same purpose) to try to revive. After all, she had basically perfected the formula (so to speak) of how to revive an animal, and the anatomies are so similar! So far in the story, so good, right? Yes, indeed. Until she has another not so brilliant idea...
So once Victoria had successfully revived the young guy she had killed, and named him Adam, she decides to enroll him in the same high school as her (by the way, the way he gets enrolled is just so not feasible). Poor Adam is like a child basically and just follows her around, repeating all he is told to say. As the story progresses, he becomes a little more independent, but not entirely.
Here's where the story took a nosedive in my opinion: Chandler Baker then starts to focus way too much on all the high school drama. It's a distraction from you figuring out who the creepy bad guy is, but still. She takes us to football games and parties and home comings. Some really horrible things do happen during these events, but I felt like the focus on which cheerleader is after Adam and who hates Victoria more was so much that it took away from the horror (and it's supposed to be a horror story!). Also, I felt like the bad guy was a little too obvious from the beginning. I read two sentences about him and I already knew it'd be him -and I was right!
Another thing I did not like is that Victoria becomes obsessed with Adam. All of a sudden, her whole world revolves around him and even the smallest and most insignificant event that happens in regards to him gives her an anxiety attack. I wanted to tell her "Take a chill pill" so many times! Like, I get you're scared to be found out, but it's not to be THAT scared. Also, those stupid things about whether he was in love with a cheerleader or not were more important and significant to her than what she actually does in the end of the book, which I was NOT ok with.
But, my biggest problem with the character of Victoria is that she is a total b*tch! I couldn't stand being in her head because she was just this super cocky girl who thinks she is better and smarter than everyone else, and she treats her ONLY friend (Owen) like he is the scum attached to her shoe! Yet, he keeps staying there, next to her and supporting her. I never understood why he did, but oh well.
All in all, the idea of the retelling of a classic story in a modern world and also having a gender swap, is a fantastic one! I absolutely support and love that idea. I just didn't like the too much focus on ridiculous and unimportant high school drama (I know it's a book about kids in high school, but I've read other young adult high school stories that focus WAY less on the drama and more on the story).
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So the book starts with Victoria driving back home from her friend Owen's house late at night in the heavy rain when she suddenly gets a text from Owen and she simply glances down at her cell quickly, when she turns back up, she sees a young man wondering the streets. She slams on the breaks hard, but due to the pavement being soaked, she ends up hitting him -and killing him. She then gets the idea of taking him back to her father's shed (her father, like her, was a genius and she followed in his footsteps. He had made the shed of their home into his laboratory and she kept it for the same purpose) to try to revive. After all, she had basically perfected the formula (so to speak) of how to revive an animal, and the anatomies are so similar! So far in the story, so good, right? Yes, indeed. Until she has another not so brilliant idea...
So once Victoria had successfully revived the young guy she had killed, and named him Adam, she decides to enroll him in the same high school as her (by the way, the way he gets enrolled is just so not feasible). Poor Adam is like a child basically and just follows her around, repeating all he is told to say. As the story progresses, he becomes a little more independent, but not entirely.
Here's where the story took a nosedive in my opinion: Chandler Baker then starts to focus way too much on all the high school drama. It's a distraction from you figuring out who the creepy bad guy is, but still. She takes us to football games and parties and home comings. Some really horrible things do happen during these events, but I felt like the focus on which cheerleader is after Adam and who hates Victoria more was so much that it took away from the horror (and it's supposed to be a horror story!). Also, I felt like the bad guy was a little too obvious from the beginning. I read two sentences about him and I already knew it'd be him -and I was right!
Another thing I did not like is that Victoria becomes obsessed with Adam. All of a sudden, her whole world revolves around him and even the smallest and most insignificant event that happens in regards to him gives her an anxiety attack. I wanted to tell her "Take a chill pill" so many times! Like, I get you're scared to be found out, but it's not to be THAT scared. Also, those stupid things about whether he was in love with a cheerleader or not were more important and significant to her than what she actually does in the end of the book, which I was NOT ok with.
But, my biggest problem with the character of Victoria is that she is a total b*tch! I couldn't stand being in her head because she was just this super cocky girl who thinks she is better and smarter than everyone else, and she treats her ONLY friend (Owen) like he is the scum attached to her shoe! Yet, he keeps staying there, next to her and supporting her. I never understood why he did, but oh well.
All in all, the idea of the retelling of a classic story in a modern world and also having a gender swap, is a fantastic one! I absolutely support and love that idea. I just didn't like the too much focus on ridiculous and unimportant high school drama (I know it's a book about kids in high school, but I've read other young adult high school stories that focus WAY less on the drama and more on the story).
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February 1, 2016
Victoria "Tor" Frankenstein didn't mean to hit someone with her car—and kill them—when she was driving home one stormy night. It might be too late to take the stranger to the hospital, but maybe his death can finally give Tor the breakthrough she needs in her research on reanimation. Ignoring her small pang of guilt, Tor drags the broken body back to her car and shocks the teen boy back to life in her cellar, her makeshift laboratory where she experiments on dead animals.
With the help of her best friend and co-conspirator Owen, Tor must now keep a careful eye on her creation, newly named Adam. Because while she may have successfully reanimated him, the experiment is far from over. How will he respond in social settings? Is he capable of emotions? And will people accept him? Navigating the hellish halls of Hollow Pines High has never been harder...
The first half of Teen Frankenstein was entertaining with its morbid humour as Adam tried to engage in conversations and then failed to "normally" respond. He was so sweet, kind of like a child learning everything for the first time, really. And he completely adored Tor as his creator, never fully understanding the wrongness of what she'd done to him.
But I think the book lost some of that humour the more Tor became obsessed with her experiment, trying so hard to control all the variables even as her creation gained more independence. It's soon apparent Tor is more than just an eccentric, ambitious scientist—she's an utter sociopath. Other than Owen, Tor is completely anti-social unless she must deign to speak with her teachers or classmates at school. It's kind of exhausting to be in her mind after awhile because she just looks down on everyone, believing her genius mind sets her apart from everyone. (I mean, it was funny in the beginning, but then it became sort of stereotypical and lost its freshness, you know?)
And poor Owen! He tries so hard to be Tor's moral compass and steer her on the right path, but it's a lost cause; Tor will never change. She feels zero empathy for anyone other than herself. Owen can only sigh and strongly protest to Tor's plans before inevitably giving in. He's a loyal sidekick who receives little recognition for his hard work, and Tor only seems to notice him when she needs his help for something.
If you want a book that's uniquely offbeat and sure to stand out on your bookshelf with its dark humour, then I'd totally recommend Chandler Baker's Teen Frankenstein. It's a really fun YA horror novel that is sure to bring on the laughs as much as frighten you with gory details of bloody body parts. The modern horror setting of high school is a perfect idea, really. Honestly, the premise of Teen Frankenstein would make such a great teen movie!
* I received an ARC from Raincoast Books in exchange for an honest review. *
With the help of her best friend and co-conspirator Owen, Tor must now keep a careful eye on her creation, newly named Adam. Because while she may have successfully reanimated him, the experiment is far from over. How will he respond in social settings? Is he capable of emotions? And will people accept him? Navigating the hellish halls of Hollow Pines High has never been harder...
The first half of Teen Frankenstein was entertaining with its morbid humour as Adam tried to engage in conversations and then failed to "normally" respond. He was so sweet, kind of like a child learning everything for the first time, really. And he completely adored Tor as his creator, never fully understanding the wrongness of what she'd done to him.
But I think the book lost some of that humour the more Tor became obsessed with her experiment, trying so hard to control all the variables even as her creation gained more independence. It's soon apparent Tor is more than just an eccentric, ambitious scientist—she's an utter sociopath. Other than Owen, Tor is completely anti-social unless she must deign to speak with her teachers or classmates at school. It's kind of exhausting to be in her mind after awhile because she just looks down on everyone, believing her genius mind sets her apart from everyone. (I mean, it was funny in the beginning, but then it became sort of stereotypical and lost its freshness, you know?)
And poor Owen! He tries so hard to be Tor's moral compass and steer her on the right path, but it's a lost cause; Tor will never change. She feels zero empathy for anyone other than herself. Owen can only sigh and strongly protest to Tor's plans before inevitably giving in. He's a loyal sidekick who receives little recognition for his hard work, and Tor only seems to notice him when she needs his help for something.
If you want a book that's uniquely offbeat and sure to stand out on your bookshelf with its dark humour, then I'd totally recommend Chandler Baker's Teen Frankenstein. It's a really fun YA horror novel that is sure to bring on the laughs as much as frighten you with gory details of bloody body parts. The modern horror setting of high school is a perfect idea, really. Honestly, the premise of Teen Frankenstein would make such a great teen movie!
* I received an ARC from Raincoast Books in exchange for an honest review. *
January 12, 2016
In terms of enjoyment, this is easily 4 stars. However, the ending was not what I expected at all and I hoped for a little more. Overall, this is was an incredibly fun, fast-paced read that takes the original Frankenstein story and adds a quirky high school twist to it. The title of the book couldn't have been any more perfect.
I suspected this would be like a retelling of sorts based on the title alone but it never really felt like one until the very end, which was the exact opposite of what I wanted. The story had so much promise and was quite enjoyable and fun to read overall, but then the ending came it was like cold hard reality. Maybe I just didn't take the story and its characters seriously enough.
From the very beginning the uniqueness of Teen Frankenstein took me by surprise. I easily found myself sucked into the small Texas town of Hollow Pines where Tor Frankenstein and her best friend Owen are trying to make a break through in science by reanimating life. What struck me as interesting was how unlikable Tor's character was, which is unusual for a protagonist. She's pretty selfish and her morals are kind of out the window. I enjoyed her sense of humor though. Even though she was an unlikable character, it was entertaining to see her interacting with the other characters.
Another reviewer mentioned that the beginning of Teen Frankenstein felt like a cheesy Disney movie like Halloween Town and I definitely agree! At first I saw this book playing in my head like one of those movies, complete with all the high school cliques and drama. However, this is in the horror genre for a reason.
I liked that this was a quick read and didn't mind that in the beginning things seemed to happen a little too fast.
I hardly ever say this, but I wish there was more romance in the book. I felt like I was waiting for something to click but it never did and now I'm disappointed because my OTP didn't happen.
As someone who is a huge fan of the original Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, this is indeed a fun take on the story, complete with all the horror aspects and some high school drama to make things even more interesting.
*Thanks to NetGalley & Macmillan for providing me with a copy of this ARC*
I suspected this would be like a retelling of sorts based on the title alone but it never really felt like one until the very end, which was the exact opposite of what I wanted. The story had so much promise and was quite enjoyable and fun to read overall, but then the ending came it was like cold hard reality. Maybe I just didn't take the story and its characters seriously enough.
From the very beginning the uniqueness of Teen Frankenstein took me by surprise. I easily found myself sucked into the small Texas town of Hollow Pines where Tor Frankenstein and her best friend Owen are trying to make a break through in science by reanimating life. What struck me as interesting was how unlikable Tor's character was, which is unusual for a protagonist. She's pretty selfish and her morals are kind of out the window. I enjoyed her sense of humor though. Even though she was an unlikable character, it was entertaining to see her interacting with the other characters.
Another reviewer mentioned that the beginning of Teen Frankenstein felt like a cheesy Disney movie like Halloween Town and I definitely agree! At first I saw this book playing in my head like one of those movies, complete with all the high school cliques and drama. However, this is in the horror genre for a reason.
I liked that this was a quick read and didn't mind that in the beginning things seemed to happen a little too fast.
I hardly ever say this, but I wish there was more romance in the book. I felt like I was waiting for something to click but it never did and now I'm disappointed because my OTP didn't happen.
As someone who is a huge fan of the original Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, this is indeed a fun take on the story, complete with all the horror aspects and some high school drama to make things even more interesting.
*Thanks to NetGalley & Macmillan for providing me with a copy of this ARC*
October 18, 2015
There have been a lot of Frankenstein remakes, but few that I thought were worth reading. This book, however, is an exception. This novel was a lot of fun, and if you like horror, this has some of the classic horror elements, but fits neatly into the modern day world.
The author did a good job of making this book feel dark and atmospheric and never quite giving away enough info that the reader could guess what was going to happen next. From the beginning, this book was entertaining and drew me right in to the story.
This is a book that older kids will fall right into and want more of. Recommended.
This review is based on a complimentary copy from the publisher and provided through Netgalley. All opinions are my own.
The author did a good job of making this book feel dark and atmospheric and never quite giving away enough info that the reader could guess what was going to happen next. From the beginning, this book was entertaining and drew me right in to the story.
This is a book that older kids will fall right into and want more of. Recommended.
This review is based on a complimentary copy from the publisher and provided through Netgalley. All opinions are my own.
January 16, 2016
Well, I liked this. It was creepy, and very thought provoking.
October 27, 2016
Between a 4.5 and 5. I kind of loved this, but won't lie the ending fell a little flat for me.
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June 28, 2021This book was awful. I guess it was a re-imagining of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" seasoned with a dash of teen romance. Hint: It needed a lot more seasoning. Victor(ia) Frankenstein is a terrible, completely self-centered character who does not deserve the adoration and devoted assistance of Owen Bloch. He was the only breath of fresh air in this book. I only finished it because I finish books. Otherwise, it would have gone in the dump.
April 5, 2017
I know it looks like it took forever for me to read this and that is only because I have been so busy! Finally done. Really enjoyable and a fun mix of highschool drama and the classic Frankenstein tale.
October 12, 2017
After Tor Frankenstein's dad's unexpected death, her mom loses herself in an alcoholic stupor and Tor spends more and more time in the science lab she and her dad had shared. She's conducting experiments to bring dead rats back to life. When she hits and kills a person, she decides to try it on a person instead - and it works! However, there are some unexpected side effects.
For those who aren't ready for either the classic Frankenstein by Shelley or the horror novels of Stephen King, this might be a good alternative. There is definitely a conflict of good/evil that Tor is struggling with - although her best friend sees it more clearly than she does. Not the best writing but still engaging.
For those who aren't ready for either the classic Frankenstein by Shelley or the horror novels of Stephen King, this might be a good alternative. There is definitely a conflict of good/evil that Tor is struggling with - although her best friend sees it more clearly than she does. Not the best writing but still engaging.
May 10, 2016
Book Review: An awesome way to get YA readers interested in STEM via fiction!
Teen Frankenstein: High School Horror
by Chandler Baker
Meet Victoria “Tor” Frankenstein, a high school student on track to be valedictorian. She and her best friend, Owen, are in her Hollow Pines, Texas root cellar turned science lab. They are trying to reanimate dead rats ominously named Mr. Bubbles. As a storm approaches and it nears two o’clock in the morning, Victoria drives Owen home. On her return the rain is torrential and he can't see past the hood of her car. She hits a boy walking in the middle of the road. In shock he dies in her arms. The realization of the consequences hits her hard and her first thought is that she has to bring him back to life. Her altruism ends when she successfully brings him back to life. She dubs him Adam as his memory is wiped and he doesn't know who he is.
The story continues as she and Owen enroll him in their high school. At this point Victoria only sees Adam as an experiment. Trouble follows them and they have to escape situation after situation. When teen boys are found murdered and missing body parts, Victoria and Owen suspect thy might have bought back a monster in Adam.
Victoria’s father was a scientist and died two years ago during an experiment utilizing lightning. She has to navigate her grief, her scientific aspirations and the day to day happenings of high school. As they dig themselves deeper into trouble and their secret continually looks like it'll be exposed they have to re-evaluate the whole thing.
Author Chandler Baker brilliantly intersperses science information throughout the storyline. It is woven not only in the characters actions, but in journal entries also. While the readers probably won't want to reanimate dead things, the story brings science to life. It makes science entertaining and interesting. Not only is this twist on the classic a fun read it is inspiring as well.
It delves into the age old question of just because scientific advances allow us as humans to do certain experiments doesn't mean we should. It also looks into the human soul and the human experience. When is death actually death, and what makes life? Is it a body that can move on its own, a heart that beats or beyond that when a person reacts with emotion? And then how Victoria becomes more monster like when she only views the world through scientist lenses and forgets about her humanity, her emotions.
By the end of the book, the reader has to ask, which one is truly the monster.
An excellent read, an entertaining adventure, an inspiring story that all teens and adults can relate to.
Be sure to visit her website to learn about her other books at http://www.chandlerbakerbooks.com
FTC Disclaimer: I was given an ARC of this title via NetGalley and Macmillan for review purposes only. No other compensation as awarded.
Teen Frankenstein: High School Horror
by Chandler Baker
Meet Victoria “Tor” Frankenstein, a high school student on track to be valedictorian. She and her best friend, Owen, are in her Hollow Pines, Texas root cellar turned science lab. They are trying to reanimate dead rats ominously named Mr. Bubbles. As a storm approaches and it nears two o’clock in the morning, Victoria drives Owen home. On her return the rain is torrential and he can't see past the hood of her car. She hits a boy walking in the middle of the road. In shock he dies in her arms. The realization of the consequences hits her hard and her first thought is that she has to bring him back to life. Her altruism ends when she successfully brings him back to life. She dubs him Adam as his memory is wiped and he doesn't know who he is.
The story continues as she and Owen enroll him in their high school. At this point Victoria only sees Adam as an experiment. Trouble follows them and they have to escape situation after situation. When teen boys are found murdered and missing body parts, Victoria and Owen suspect thy might have bought back a monster in Adam.
Victoria’s father was a scientist and died two years ago during an experiment utilizing lightning. She has to navigate her grief, her scientific aspirations and the day to day happenings of high school. As they dig themselves deeper into trouble and their secret continually looks like it'll be exposed they have to re-evaluate the whole thing.
Author Chandler Baker brilliantly intersperses science information throughout the storyline. It is woven not only in the characters actions, but in journal entries also. While the readers probably won't want to reanimate dead things, the story brings science to life. It makes science entertaining and interesting. Not only is this twist on the classic a fun read it is inspiring as well.
It delves into the age old question of just because scientific advances allow us as humans to do certain experiments doesn't mean we should. It also looks into the human soul and the human experience. When is death actually death, and what makes life? Is it a body that can move on its own, a heart that beats or beyond that when a person reacts with emotion? And then how Victoria becomes more monster like when she only views the world through scientist lenses and forgets about her humanity, her emotions.
By the end of the book, the reader has to ask, which one is truly the monster.
An excellent read, an entertaining adventure, an inspiring story that all teens and adults can relate to.
Be sure to visit her website to learn about her other books at http://www.chandlerbakerbooks.com
FTC Disclaimer: I was given an ARC of this title via NetGalley and Macmillan for review purposes only. No other compensation as awarded.
January 11, 2016
Posted originally on my blog:
The Writer's Inkwell
I’m a fan of horror, but for me classic horror is hard to appreciate. For some reason, I just am not the kind of person who could fall in love with Dracula. However, when I saw this cover of book one, of the High School Horror series, I couldn’t resist requesting it to see if it was any good.
This is the kind of young adult fiction I would have really enjoyed as a teenager. Hell, I enjoyed it as an adult. The author does a great job creating a situation where even though you might think Tor is weird and a bit demented, you can’t help but appreciate her as a character. She’s a young, mad scientist in the making, who at 17, is determined to reanimate rats as part of her science project. But when she accidentally hits and kills a boy in the middle of the night, she finds herself moving her project from animal testing to human testing.
It’s an interesting story because the boy, Adam, is like a huge teddy bear and without his memories, he’s also extremely childlike. Watching him try to assimilate into Tor’s high school was a fun experience to read about and there were times I found myself just laughing at some of the things that happened to him along the way. I felt there was a lot of development for a relationship between him and Tor, but she ultimately pushes him towards another girl in his school. This caused Tor to be extremely jealous during much of the second half of the book and sadly, my feelings towards her started getting colder and colder. By the end of the book, I couldn’t even convince myself she ever cared for Adam or even her best friend, Owen. It’s like she becomes more closed off after everything she endures and the discovery of who is really killing and teenage boys in her small town, pushes her to cross the line yet again (but in a different way). This and her constantly calling Adam dead, even though he was healing and clearly alive, really bothered me. Because in the end, it is Tor who is the monster, not Adam. But none of that is enough to ruin the book for me and for anyone who knows of the classic, this is exactly what you should expect from that character.
This book will probably never compare to the classic, but it’s a fun and entertaining read that I would recommend if you enjoy mixing humor, mystery and horror. I’ll admit I was surprised by how much I enjoyed the book and I find myself excited to see what the next book in the series will hold. Maybe he’ll find a way to turn that dreadful Dracula into something just as enjoyable and fun.
Reviewer's note: I received this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
The Writer's Inkwell
I’m a fan of horror, but for me classic horror is hard to appreciate. For some reason, I just am not the kind of person who could fall in love with Dracula. However, when I saw this cover of book one, of the High School Horror series, I couldn’t resist requesting it to see if it was any good.
This is the kind of young adult fiction I would have really enjoyed as a teenager. Hell, I enjoyed it as an adult. The author does a great job creating a situation where even though you might think Tor is weird and a bit demented, you can’t help but appreciate her as a character. She’s a young, mad scientist in the making, who at 17, is determined to reanimate rats as part of her science project. But when she accidentally hits and kills a boy in the middle of the night, she finds herself moving her project from animal testing to human testing.
It’s an interesting story because the boy, Adam, is like a huge teddy bear and without his memories, he’s also extremely childlike. Watching him try to assimilate into Tor’s high school was a fun experience to read about and there were times I found myself just laughing at some of the things that happened to him along the way. I felt there was a lot of development for a relationship between him and Tor, but she ultimately pushes him towards another girl in his school. This caused Tor to be extremely jealous during much of the second half of the book and sadly, my feelings towards her started getting colder and colder. By the end of the book, I couldn’t even convince myself she ever cared for Adam or even her best friend, Owen. It’s like she becomes more closed off after everything she endures and the discovery of who is really killing and teenage boys in her small town, pushes her to cross the line yet again (but in a different way). This and her constantly calling Adam dead, even though he was healing and clearly alive, really bothered me. Because in the end, it is Tor who is the monster, not Adam. But none of that is enough to ruin the book for me and for anyone who knows of the classic, this is exactly what you should expect from that character.
This book will probably never compare to the classic, but it’s a fun and entertaining read that I would recommend if you enjoy mixing humor, mystery and horror. I’ll admit I was surprised by how much I enjoyed the book and I find myself excited to see what the next book in the series will hold. Maybe he’ll find a way to turn that dreadful Dracula into something just as enjoyable and fun.
Reviewer's note: I received this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
December 7, 2015
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZTT It's Alive, It's Alive.
(Sorry, I just had to.)
I remember those high school science projects. Some kids really came up with astonishing projects. Others not so much.
Tor and Owen are working on their project in the "lab" that was an underground tornado shelter. They were on their seventh rat, the others didn't make it.
I'm not sure if this was supposed to be so funny but it is. The dialog between the two as the experiment progresses and the discription of the of their progress, or lack of, can bring a smile and sometimes a laugh. This is a first person narrative told from Tor's point of view. Keep in mind that Tor has a rather unusual way of looking at things.
So many things from high school are brought into this book. Popular and not so popular, the clicks, the jocks, and the "new boy" with the
"memory problem," Adam. All these things combine to make for a great read. Maybe more for the14 to 18 age group, but I really liked it. The way Tor kept getting in deeper and deeper to keep the others from discovering who and what Adam is, is so much like real life. One lie leads to another them Boom the whole thing blows up.
Add into mix a deranged serial killer who knows what Tor and Owen have done and want's the same thing done to his son. Throw in a gun, bear traps set in the woods to catch victims, and the lighting storm of the century, and you have a fantastic remake of a great classic.
I hope you will find out for yourself how good this book is. I didn't tell you some of the major points of the story because to do so would spoil your finding out for yourself.
I got my kindle version from NetGalley
(Sorry, I just had to.)
I remember those high school science projects. Some kids really came up with astonishing projects. Others not so much.
Tor and Owen are working on their project in the "lab" that was an underground tornado shelter. They were on their seventh rat, the others didn't make it.
I'm not sure if this was supposed to be so funny but it is. The dialog between the two as the experiment progresses and the discription of the of their progress, or lack of, can bring a smile and sometimes a laugh. This is a first person narrative told from Tor's point of view. Keep in mind that Tor has a rather unusual way of looking at things.
So many things from high school are brought into this book. Popular and not so popular, the clicks, the jocks, and the "new boy" with the
"memory problem," Adam. All these things combine to make for a great read. Maybe more for the14 to 18 age group, but I really liked it. The way Tor kept getting in deeper and deeper to keep the others from discovering who and what Adam is, is so much like real life. One lie leads to another them Boom the whole thing blows up.
Add into mix a deranged serial killer who knows what Tor and Owen have done and want's the same thing done to his son. Throw in a gun, bear traps set in the woods to catch victims, and the lighting storm of the century, and you have a fantastic remake of a great classic.
I hope you will find out for yourself how good this book is. I didn't tell you some of the major points of the story because to do so would spoil your finding out for yourself.
I got my kindle version from NetGalley
January 12, 2016
Rather than waiting for a slow build-up in suspense like most horror novels, Teen Frankenstein jumps immediately into action. Majority of the story takes elements from the original tale by Mary Shelley since it is a retelling, but gives it more of a modern spin. Before each chapter the reader is given little snippets from a scientist’s journal which turns out to be our narrator Tor and I liked that it kept the story grounded in that Dr. Frankenstein vibe.
The novel is definitely got more of lightweight feel to it than its original predecessor and this comes from someone who really enjoyed reading Shelly’s tale in school. It’s got an overall suspenseful atmosphere, but I personally felt it was wasn’t as heavy as the original and has a lot more comedy (dark humor) in it. I thought perhaps maybe this was because it was a retelling or that it’s genre was YA?
I did appreciate the dark humor brought into the story to reinvent the tale of Frankenstein. Tor is toting around a dead guy (Adam) as her “cousin” and he takes everything at face value so he ends up blurting out and doing random things that will have the reader laughing out loud. Plus Tor and her best friend, Owen, have a fun relationship and deliver witty banter as well as cynical comebacks with dealing with the snobby popular crowd.
While Teen Frankenstein was an enjoyable read, I felt it was lacking in terms of being a horror novel. The thrill and suspense were there as well as a couple of gory happenings, but it was a bit underwhelming. It didn’t really feel like a horror novel until the last hundred pages. I just wished it would have deviated more from the original story and spiced things up some more.
The novel is definitely got more of lightweight feel to it than its original predecessor and this comes from someone who really enjoyed reading Shelly’s tale in school. It’s got an overall suspenseful atmosphere, but I personally felt it was wasn’t as heavy as the original and has a lot more comedy (dark humor) in it. I thought perhaps maybe this was because it was a retelling or that it’s genre was YA?
I did appreciate the dark humor brought into the story to reinvent the tale of Frankenstein. Tor is toting around a dead guy (Adam) as her “cousin” and he takes everything at face value so he ends up blurting out and doing random things that will have the reader laughing out loud. Plus Tor and her best friend, Owen, have a fun relationship and deliver witty banter as well as cynical comebacks with dealing with the snobby popular crowd.
While Teen Frankenstein was an enjoyable read, I felt it was lacking in terms of being a horror novel. The thrill and suspense were there as well as a couple of gory happenings, but it was a bit underwhelming. It didn’t really feel like a horror novel until the last hundred pages. I just wished it would have deviated more from the original story and spiced things up some more.
January 4, 2016
In the beginning of this book it felt like something I would watch on the Disney channel. You know, the Disney channel original movies, the awesomely cheesy ones like Halloweentown and Under Wraps; yeah those gems. It had that same great feeling to it, and then it started to get a little dark… and people started dying.
Teen Frankenstein is about teen scientist Victoria Frankenstein (Tor) who is determined to bring something back from the dead for her school science experiment. However, bringing the dead boy she hits with her car back to life isn’t exactly the kind of thing Tor can turn in for a grade. So naturally the solution is to dress up her new zombie boy toy and take him to high school.
This book is funny, and dark, and I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would. I dig the monster scene, so that’s why I gave this book a shot, but the idea of bringing Frankenstein’s monster into a high school setting seemed too far-fetched for me at first. But like I said, I enjoyed it more than I thought.
The end got a little weird, and that’s why I went 4 stars versus 5. I don’t particularly love what Chandler Baker did with the characters in the end, and as much as I want to elaborate on that I don’t want to spoil anything. I recommend this book to anyone who also likes classic monsters, or just a crazy murder mystery, because as I stated in the beginning, people die. But who dunnit? Hmmm.
Teen Frankenstein is about teen scientist Victoria Frankenstein (Tor) who is determined to bring something back from the dead for her school science experiment. However, bringing the dead boy she hits with her car back to life isn’t exactly the kind of thing Tor can turn in for a grade. So naturally the solution is to dress up her new zombie boy toy and take him to high school.
This book is funny, and dark, and I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would. I dig the monster scene, so that’s why I gave this book a shot, but the idea of bringing Frankenstein’s monster into a high school setting seemed too far-fetched for me at first. But like I said, I enjoyed it more than I thought.
The end got a little weird, and that’s why I went 4 stars versus 5. I don’t particularly love what Chandler Baker did with the characters in the end, and as much as I want to elaborate on that I don’t want to spoil anything. I recommend this book to anyone who also likes classic monsters, or just a crazy murder mystery, because as I stated in the beginning, people die. But who dunnit? Hmmm.
March 14, 2016
This one is hard for me to rate. There was something really, really compelling about it. Reading it was kind of a rush? It's tough to explain. But...I also think this book totally misses the point of Frankenstein, in a way? Not until the last chapter does the book seem to remember, yeah, uh, Victor Frankenstein was the real monster? Basically, the premise of this book - bringing back to life a man you've accidentally killed - sort of ruins the entire set-up of the inspirational material, which I was fine with until suddenly we're at that last chapter. And so much of this was silly. The entire high school conceit was difficult for me to suspend disbelief for, and this is after Victoria has reanimated a human corpse. Plus I had a lot of issues with how very cliche the "Outsider who is so above it all but lo people aren't ALWAYS what you expect" trope felt.
Like I said, I don't know what to do with this one. I'm going with three stars because I liked READING this book, but I also disliked a lot of what it ultimately did. So...probably 2.5 stars that I'm rounding up?
I'm hoping the next book is better. The summary certainly makes it seem like it could be, even though I wasn't a big Cassidy fan in this book.
Like I said, I don't know what to do with this one. I'm going with three stars because I liked READING this book, but I also disliked a lot of what it ultimately did. So...probably 2.5 stars that I'm rounding up?
I'm hoping the next book is better. The summary certainly makes it seem like it could be, even though I wasn't a big Cassidy fan in this book.
November 7, 2015
Chandler Baker is becoming one of my favorite YA horror authors. This book creeped me out multiple times!
One thing you should know about Tor Frankenstein is that she takes after her father. She's obsessed with science, and is currently working to figure out how to bring something back to life. Rodents don't work and she wonders if maybe she needs (a) more electricity and (b) a bigger body.
When she accidentally kills a teenage boy, she's pretty sure she can bring him back to life. She hopes so, anyway. (And, obviously, she does. Because otherwise, we wouldn't have much of a story.)
The creature (who actually gets a name this time, Adam) is clearly alive and is able to speak but he doesn't have much of a personality and he doesn't have any memory of who he was before. (Which is actually kind of helpful to Tor---it's much easier to keep someone with you if he doesn't have any reason to want to leave.)
(Note: there is absolutely no mention of the fact that Tor's last name is Frankenstein, so whatever world this book takes place in is one where Mary Shelley didn't write a book---or at least not that one.)
One thing you should know about Tor Frankenstein is that she takes after her father. She's obsessed with science, and is currently working to figure out how to bring something back to life. Rodents don't work and she wonders if maybe she needs (a) more electricity and (b) a bigger body.
When she accidentally kills a teenage boy, she's pretty sure she can bring him back to life. She hopes so, anyway. (And, obviously, she does. Because otherwise, we wouldn't have much of a story.)
The creature (who actually gets a name this time, Adam) is clearly alive and is able to speak but he doesn't have much of a personality and he doesn't have any memory of who he was before. (Which is actually kind of helpful to Tor---it's much easier to keep someone with you if he doesn't have any reason to want to leave.)
(Note: there is absolutely no mention of the fact that Tor's last name is Frankenstein, so whatever world this book takes place in is one where Mary Shelley didn't write a book---or at least not that one.)
August 11, 2017
Well.
Thanks to Raincoast Books for sending me an ARC for review. All opinions are my own.
This was a weird book. After science genius Tor Frankenstein kills a pedestrian with her car one rainy night, she decides to take him home and bring him back to life.
Yeah, the books a little weird.
Anyways, after a few weeks, "Adam" starts experiencing issues, and violent streaks, and several people from the town go missing and turn up dead and mutilated. Number one suspect is Adam.
Long story short, this is an intense, weird tale that I think you would enjoy if you like science stuff, Frankenstein, or just a weird, creepy read.
I think my favourite character was Owen. Even though he goes along with Tor's crazy plans, he is witty, smart and adds some much needed reality checks throughout the story.
The end is wrapped up, but there is definitely more to the story, hence the sequel.
I don't think everyone will love this book, but it's definitely interesting.
Thanks to Raincoast Books for sending me an ARC for review. All opinions are my own.
This was a weird book. After science genius Tor Frankenstein kills a pedestrian with her car one rainy night, she decides to take him home and bring him back to life.
Yeah, the books a little weird.
Anyways, after a few weeks, "Adam" starts experiencing issues, and violent streaks, and several people from the town go missing and turn up dead and mutilated. Number one suspect is Adam.
Long story short, this is an intense, weird tale that I think you would enjoy if you like science stuff, Frankenstein, or just a weird, creepy read.
I think my favourite character was Owen. Even though he goes along with Tor's crazy plans, he is witty, smart and adds some much needed reality checks throughout the story.
The end is wrapped up, but there is definitely more to the story, hence the sequel.
I don't think everyone will love this book, but it's definitely interesting.
March 1, 2016
This book was HORRIBLE! Maybe it's because I never read Frankenstein, but I hated this book. The only reason I finished it was because I needed it for a reading challenge. Tor, the main character, was wholly unlikable and the story itself was just ridiculous. Tor hits someone with her car and kills him (not a spoiler, it happens in the first chapter or so). She manages to bring him back to life. Fine. I guess I can go along with that. Then, dead bodies start showing up in the small town she lives in. Really? Less fine, but I kept going. Then Seriously?! I will never recommend this to anyone unless they specifically ask for one of the worst books I've ever finished.
January 27, 2016
So if your looking for a quick teen book to read with a little gore this is the book for you. It was just full of fluffy teen book goodness
November 10, 2022
Tor, short for Victoria, is our stand-in for Victor Frankenstein. Like the titular doctor from Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel, there is a certain moral iciness at her center. Victor Frankenstein displayed a horror for his resurrected creation, then shameful negligence as he abandoned the stitched together newborn. Foolishly determined to forget the daemon, as he called it, he let it careen all over the countryside burning houses, murdering his young brother, his best friend and his new bride.
The modern iteration starts out with Tor recounting her latest scientific failure to raise a rat from the dead. What is her motivation for this dubious act? Is she doing this to help mankind bring back their lost loved ones? Is she trying to promote scientific knowledge? No, we can’t infer that from the text. She’s annoyed by this failure and all the previous ones since failure is not going to win her the coveted Nobel prize. So we have a teenage genius slavering to gain a prize that will also net her a considerable monetary gain.
Tor isn’t squeamish about cutting into carcasses, risking her life (and that of her friend/assistant/sidekick Owen) by generating electricity while standing on a damp floor or bringing back an unfortunate car accident victim from the dead.
As an accident victim suffers from the impact, we see something of human decency from Tor at last. The author ably describes her shock, misery, guilt and horror as she contemplates the unknown dying from the collision she has caused. But all that empathy swiftly vanishes as she sees the accident as opportunity.
She’s contemptuous to her assistant Owen, alternately chiding him for nausea, dismissing him when he doesn’t follow her thoughts or using him when she needs his services. She constantly lies to her mother. She allows her creation Adam to date a girl as an experiment to expand his emotional spectrum while she observes his interactions with the living. She is determined to see Adam as being innocent of heinous crimes because he’s HERS not because she believes his innate nature to be good. She shows pride in Adam’s achievements but only as they reflect on her. She’s the one who brought him back from the dead, after all. She’s the only reason he’s still alive so why shouldn’t she take pride in his accomplishments?
Tor is brilliant and often sees others as being stupider than she. Like many brilliant people, she wonders why others aren’t as sane as she is or don’t see things her way. She is arrogant, lacking in compassion, short on social graces, a sloppy dresser because she sees no reason to dress up (For what? School? Her drunken mother? Her best friend Owen?) and barely tolerates others who drift into her social circle.
Matters go from bad to worse as Tor must dodge Adam’s increasingly erratic behavior, her only friend’s growing horror and disgust and the very real possibility that Adam is a killer…and there’s someone out there who knows what she’s done. All this plus the horror of high school.
There’s something unsettling and slightly giddy about it all. It’s a dive deep into the viscous end of the bloody pool as Victoria navigates around sudden unwelcome popularity, the possibility of date rape and a psycho on the loose. It’s like a 1980s horror flick, with adolescents winding up dead and mutilated while a hatchet/machete/knife-wielding maniac is on the loose. (I guessed the identity of the murderer by chapter 18, by the way. There were just too many clues pointing to him to ignore.)
You wonder who has the poorer social skills: Victoria or her resurrected dead boy. You wonder if Victoria would be better off without the kind of fair-weather friends she makes after Adam proves to be a football prodigy. You worry for the fictional future world as Victoria stubbornly refuses to admit defeat. Fear the genius with ice where their blood should be.
The modern iteration starts out with Tor recounting her latest scientific failure to raise a rat from the dead. What is her motivation for this dubious act? Is she doing this to help mankind bring back their lost loved ones? Is she trying to promote scientific knowledge? No, we can’t infer that from the text. She’s annoyed by this failure and all the previous ones since failure is not going to win her the coveted Nobel prize. So we have a teenage genius slavering to gain a prize that will also net her a considerable monetary gain.
Tor isn’t squeamish about cutting into carcasses, risking her life (and that of her friend/assistant/sidekick Owen) by generating electricity while standing on a damp floor or bringing back an unfortunate car accident victim from the dead.
As an accident victim suffers from the impact, we see something of human decency from Tor at last. The author ably describes her shock, misery, guilt and horror as she contemplates the unknown dying from the collision she has caused. But all that empathy swiftly vanishes as she sees the accident as opportunity.
She’s contemptuous to her assistant Owen, alternately chiding him for nausea, dismissing him when he doesn’t follow her thoughts or using him when she needs his services. She constantly lies to her mother. She allows her creation Adam to date a girl as an experiment to expand his emotional spectrum while she observes his interactions with the living. She is determined to see Adam as being innocent of heinous crimes because he’s HERS not because she believes his innate nature to be good. She shows pride in Adam’s achievements but only as they reflect on her. She’s the one who brought him back from the dead, after all. She’s the only reason he’s still alive so why shouldn’t she take pride in his accomplishments?
Tor is brilliant and often sees others as being stupider than she. Like many brilliant people, she wonders why others aren’t as sane as she is or don’t see things her way. She is arrogant, lacking in compassion, short on social graces, a sloppy dresser because she sees no reason to dress up (For what? School? Her drunken mother? Her best friend Owen?) and barely tolerates others who drift into her social circle.
Matters go from bad to worse as Tor must dodge Adam’s increasingly erratic behavior, her only friend’s growing horror and disgust and the very real possibility that Adam is a killer…and there’s someone out there who knows what she’s done. All this plus the horror of high school.
There’s something unsettling and slightly giddy about it all. It’s a dive deep into the viscous end of the bloody pool as Victoria navigates around sudden unwelcome popularity, the possibility of date rape and a psycho on the loose. It’s like a 1980s horror flick, with adolescents winding up dead and mutilated while a hatchet/machete/knife-wielding maniac is on the loose. (I guessed the identity of the murderer by chapter 18, by the way. There were just too many clues pointing to him to ignore.)
You wonder who has the poorer social skills: Victoria or her resurrected dead boy. You wonder if Victoria would be better off without the kind of fair-weather friends she makes after Adam proves to be a football prodigy. You worry for the fictional future world as Victoria stubbornly refuses to admit defeat. Fear the genius with ice where their blood should be.
July 28, 2020
This thriller starts off promisingly with two friends engaged in an experiment intended to bring a rat to life. They're on their seventh rat as the book opens. The last part of the book was disappointing and seemed too rushed and too convenient for me although I did like that closing scene. Victoria (Tor) Frankenstein--you have to love those names--and her best friend Owen Bloch are science nerds who spend much of their free time doing science, and Victoria keeps detailed notes when their experiments don't work. After Victoria kills a young man, she brings him back to life through the same experiment she's been conducted. She names him Adam, and she and Owen endeavor to hide him in plain sight at their high school in Hollow Pines, Texas. They provide him with an introductory script, and Adam slowly, haltingly, becomes accepted at the school, largely because he turns out to have football skills and can use his large size to his advantage. I would have thought he'd have needed more coaching in order to blend in with his classmates better. As Adam becomes attracted to another classmate, Victoria has confusing feelings about what's happening, but still, she is determined to continue with her observations and the experiment. The parallels with the classic Frankenstein story are neatly woven into this story, with its added suspense of several suspicious and gruesome deaths, and ending with readers wondering just what makes us into monsters and whom the monster in this tale actually is. I liked how each chapter opens with excerpts from Victoria's lab notes on the experiments.
July 28, 2023
Frankenstein von Mary Shelley ist ein Klassiker, den ich sehr genossen habe. Zugegeben hat mit der altertümliche Schreibstil, ein wenig Zeit gekostet, da ich einige Worte doch nachschlagen wollte, und die Sätze teils doch sehr verschachtelt und lang sind. Dennoch empfand ich den Schreibstil als sehr schön. Ich habe bisher weder viele historische Romane noch Klassiker gelesen, bin deswegen auch keineswegs geübt in dessen, möchte das dann jetzt doch gerne ändern. Das teils ausufernde und vom hundertstel ins tausendstel kommende, haben mich allerdings hier und da doch etwas verloren. Die Geschichte um Viktor Frankenstein und sein Wesen war für mich sehr interessant und auch ergreifend. Vor allem in der Hinsicht das es uns Menschen sehr schwer fällt das Schubladen denken abzustreifen und das wir immer noch viel zu sehr auf das Äußerlichkeiten achten, als nicht auf den ersten Blick, erkennbare Werte. Dies und auch der Suche nach Zugehörigkeit, Freundschaft und Frieden werden in Frankenstein sehr gut behandelt und meiner Meinung nach gut rüber gebracht. Für damalige Verhältnisse kann ich den Grusel auch verstehen, den habe ich jetzt nicht so fühlen können, aber das hat glaube ich, einfach etwas mit der Zeit zu tun.
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August 28, 2021
Thank you to NetGalley and Macmillan Children's Publishing Group for an free copy of this ebook in exchange for an honest review.
I've previously read Whisper Network by Chandler Baker and found it good but not great. In searching through my NetGalley books, I forgot about this book , Teen Frankenstein... low and behold written by Chandler Baker, the same one who has a new book out titled "The Husbands". At this point, I had to read this one and now... a YA and classic twist on an old story. win win.
Yes, I found it to be a winner! A updated version of Frankenstein where the mad scientist is a mediocre teenage girl. This was a really neat twist on the original story of Frankenstein , following the premise of bringing a dead person back to life.. But this time as a teenager who is on a mission to win a science project contest. Really well written and not an annoying YA, but just enough teenage angst to fit the genre. I'll give this one 4.5 stars and makes me want to seek out more books by this author.
I've previously read Whisper Network by Chandler Baker and found it good but not great. In searching through my NetGalley books, I forgot about this book , Teen Frankenstein... low and behold written by Chandler Baker, the same one who has a new book out titled "The Husbands". At this point, I had to read this one and now... a YA and classic twist on an old story. win win.
Yes, I found it to be a winner! A updated version of Frankenstein where the mad scientist is a mediocre teenage girl. This was a really neat twist on the original story of Frankenstein , following the premise of bringing a dead person back to life.. But this time as a teenager who is on a mission to win a science project contest. Really well written and not an annoying YA, but just enough teenage angst to fit the genre. I'll give this one 4.5 stars and makes me want to seek out more books by this author.
May 8, 2017
Tor fancies herself a scientist. Never moving past experimenting on rats she catches in traps. Then, one fateful day, while reading a text message, Tor hits and kills a boy who was crossing the street. Knowing that she can't go to jail, she brings him back to her lab and is successful in reanimating him. One problem, this newly alive experiment cannot remember who he is, where he's from and most importantly, how he died. The story weaves through "Adam" joining a new school and finding an unhealthy attachment to Tor. There are mysteries and fears of a kidnapper who keeps taking boys - no one knows who is next. The question for the readers ultimately is who is the monster? Adam, the mystery kidnapper or in fact Dr. Frankenstein. Grades 9+. Deals with some difficult issues and difficult situations. Suggested for Purchase for your Horror/Drama fans.
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