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Tag: Frankenstein

Book Review | Our Hideous Progeny (ARC)

On May 18, 2023May 13, 2023 By Jenny ALeave a comment

I received a digital advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Our Hideous Progeny by C. E. McGill. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In Our Hideous Progeny, Mary Saville and her husband Henry are scientists enamored with paleontology. They’re down …

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Book Review | Frances and the Monster (ARC)

On July 21, 2022July 11, 2022 By Jenny ALeave a comment

I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Frances and the Monster by Refe Tuma. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. All you have to do is say the words “Frankenstein retelling” and I’m automatically intrigued. In Frances and …

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Book Review | This Monstrous Thing

On March 29, 2022March 28, 2022 By Jenny ALeave a comment

In This Monstrous Thing by Mackenzi Lee, Alasdair works as an assistant to his father, who makes and repairs mechanical prosthetics for people. These clockwork people aren’t treated well in their society, though, which is why Alasdair is forced to keep his greatest innovation secret: that he’s managed to use clockwork and steam power to …

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Book Review | Making the Monster

On June 13, 2020June 12, 2020 By Jenny ALeave a comment

Making the Monster by Kathryn Harkup explores the science and medicine studied at the time Mary Shelley wrote her most famous novel. Not only does it provide a wider scientific and cultural context for one of the best known sci-fi books in history, it also delves into Mary’s life and examines what information and resources …

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Book Review | Frankenstein in Baghdad

On December 28, 2019July 26, 2020 By Jenny ALeave a comment

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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