Status Updates From The Lady and Her Monsters: ...

I am now getting emails from Goodreads asking if I've finished this book. NO. It's too detailed to rush through. The section about Shelley's pyre is heartbreaking.

This book is a trip. It is sprawling and rambling, but there was a LOT going on in the scientific, religious and literary world at the time. So many societal and moral changes. I admire the author's willingness to tackle it.

Reading about Resurrectionists, Galvanism and early anatomical and surgical endeavors occurring around the time Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein's monster is disturbing.

Fascinating so far.

Fascinating book, though not what I expected.