Well, long time no see. I hit a bit of a reading slump this past month, plus got busier than ever with my work, so finishing this novel took probably three times longer than I had hoped. Nevertheless, I finished it at last! Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi is a novel set in Iraq in …
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Film Review & Analysis | The Curse of Frankenstein (SPOILERS)
I recently watched The Curse of Frankenstein (1957, dir. Terence Fisher) and was pleasantly surprised! In this review, I will go into SPOILERS, so if you haven't seen this film, you've been warned. Also FYI I'm about to talk for way too long about this. Someday I'll learn how to be succinct. (But it is …
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Book Review | Gris Grimly’s Frankenstein
I’d been wanting to read this graphic novel version of the classic story by Mary Shelley for ages, and luckily I got it as a birthday present this year! And overall I was not disappointed; Gris Grimly's Frankenstein is a marvelous interpretation. Grimly uses the original text of the novel (the 1818 version, which differs in …
Book Review | The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein (ARC)
I first read The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein by Kiersten White in March 2018. This review was originally posted on my Goodreads account at that time. Minor edits have been made before posting here. I had the privilege of reading an advance reader's copy (ARC) of this book (working at a bookstore has its …
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