Mary Shelley's Frankenstein: Novelization

by Leonore Fleischer, Leonore Fleischer

Victor Frankenstein creates life in a monstrous being, and then must cope with the havoc his Creature causes

240 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published October 1, 1994

About the author

Leonore Fleischer has written more than fifty novelizations of films. She and her five cats live in Upstate New York.

Reviews

[Gabriel Mero · Rating 5 out of 5]

This movie was a seminal part of my formative years. The novelization is a faithful adaption and was helpful and understanding just how much time passed between the birth of the Creature and the climax of the movie. My only nitpick is that the author uses the character's full names repeatedly for absolutely no reason. If we don't know that Victor's last name is Frankenstein by page 280, then why are we still reading it?

[Emma Lilley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just realised as I finish this book that this isn't the original text, but still randomly really enjoyed this. Will have to read the original and see the movie and the other movie. yes.

[Amber Elder · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not my favorite... but it was well-written.

[Mandi Hidalgo · Rating 5 out of 5]

The movie adaptation of Frankenstein; or the Modern Prometheus is my favorite on screen adaptation ever. It closely hits everything in the novel with only minor deviations that don't take away from the story at all. Well, this novelization of the movie is a great adaptation of the movie. Again, there were minor deviations from the on screen story, but nothing that takes away from the tale in any way. My only complaint about this novel is that there were a dreadful amount of typos and mistakes which I found surprising since it was a major motion picture and all. That being said, mistakes happen and I enjoyed the book overall almost as much as I enjoy the movie.

[ces · Rating 3 out of 5]

2 things: 1) i need to read the og text bc my dumbass thrifted this book and didn’t realize it was a novelization of the movie and 2) i need to watch this movie bc wdym helena bonham carter and robert de niro are in it ??!?

[David · Rating 5 out of 5]

(SPOILER ALERT) The story in itself gives this rating 5 stars. There is no doubt in my mind that this is the easiest rating I've ever done for a book. The fact that almost every chapter ended with a cliffhanger leaves you in nail biting, leg shaking suspense. Not only did this book scare me to the point where I had to stop reading it at night, but it also left me on the verge of tears near the ending. There is a man named Victor who is slightly obsessive at the beginning of the book, but after his mother's death he is put over the edge which at multiple points made me question his sanity. He becomes infatuated with death and eventually decides to bring something dead back to life. This results in the monster that we know only as "The Monster". The book not only gives a first person perspective of Victor's thoughts on the situations, but a look into the monster's mind revealing that he isn't the destructive menace that he is made out to be, but merely a misunderstood creature. Victor has second thoughts after allowing the monster to become his friend. He had originally planned to make another version of the monster but as a female but then changes his mind. This in itself has set Victor up for mayhem. The monster promises to be at Victor's wedding and at this point we know that the monster is going to kill Elizabeth (Victor's fiancee) but Victor thinks the creature is going to murder him. Victor hears Elizabeth scream when he is searching for the monster in his house and realizes that it was never him that was going to be murdered. He tells his father that night and ruins what would've been a beautiful day (and then his father dies a few days later) Victor tries to tell a magistrate that it was an unusual monster that caused Elizabeth's death but, for obvious reasons, the magistrate doesn't believe him. This ends with Victor devoting the rest of his life on destroying the creature that, in a sense, destroyed him.

[C.B. Smith · Rating 2 out of 5]

Outside of some details from the original novel brought into the book that the movie left out and one to two deleted scenes. It’s not worth the time.
The author though has an interesting story of her own life and her articles can still be found online. Recommend those more than this book.

[Cynthia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Had to read this in school, but it had a long-lasting effect on me. Really loved the way it was written and have never forgotten it.