Correction. His work was published against his will. That’s what makes it even worse.

I would say Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Before it, I can’t remember if there was ever a time when a book made me cry and audibly gasp.

Imo it reads not so much as a horror but as a grim tragedy caused by a selfish man’s hubris.

Even though he’s the main narrator, we get whole chapters dedicated to the monster and his story.

It’s such a human book filled with real emotion and depth. Real commentary on the nature of life and the need for love and acceptance.

Victor failed his son, the monster and the people around him are frightened and want to kill anytime he comes out and so he feels nothing but resentment and anger towards those who wronged him.

He was brought into a world that never wanted him and so at least in his mind he is forced to become the monster they think he is and seek revenge.

The ending is genuinely one of the greatest reading experiences I have had in my life and beg anyone who is reading this to please read from start to finish including the letters with the sailor as you’ll know why later on.

It’s a fairly short book and I read it within a few days. It personally touched me as someone who felt like an outcast for much of my life and parental trauma made me connect with the monster even more.

No one is right in this book. It’s just filled with flawed people who happen to destroy others in the wake of their deeds.

If I could experience it all over again that would be amazing.

I would say Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Before it, I can’t remember if there was ever a time when a book made me cry and audibly gasp.

Imo it reads not so much as a horror but as a grim tragedy caused by a selfish man’s hubris.

Even though he’s the main narrator, we get whole chapters dedicated to the monster and his story.

It’s such a human book filled with real emotion and depth. Real commentary on the nature of life and the need for love and acceptance.

Victor failed his son, the monster and the people around him are frightened and want to kill anytime he comes out and so he feels nothing but resentment and anger towards those who wronged him.

He was brought into a world that never wanted him and so at least in his mind he is forced to become the monster they think he is and seek revenge.

The ending is genuinely one of the greatest reading experiences I have had in my life and beg anyone who is reading this to please read from start to finish including the letters with the sailor as you’ll know why later on.

It’s a fairly short book and I read it within a few days. It personally touched me as someone who felt like an outcast for much of my life and parental trauma made me connect with the monster even more.

No one is right in this book. It’s just filled with flawed people who happen to destroy others in the wake of their deeds.

If I could experience it all over again that would be amazing.

Reading books will always be far greater for you in the long term than any cheap content farm entertainment you get from those apps.

And I’m not doing the boomer thing where it’s like “book good phone bad.”

Obviously phones have their uses and are an integral part of our lives but we certainly benefit from lengthening our attention spans through active engagement.

The truth is, reading books takes more work than watching videos, movies, or tv shows.

You have to actively engage your mind when reading and that takes focus.

Fortunately if you read regularly enough this becomes easier overtime, and it’s a pretty healthy form of entertainment for your brain in many ways.

Ideally more teenagers today should be avid readers and use their cell phones for other stuff but this is the world we live in.

I will read a blurb that talks about the story. I don’t give a fuck about reviews or what famous person thought about it.

AI doesn’t create or write or paint or film anything. It uses stuff that is made by humans and mashes it together based on a prompt.

An AI can’t author anything.

When I read or indulge in any artform I’m not just mindlessly consuming crap, I’m thinking about the intention behind such creations and that is what makes it special.

An AI does not have any intention in its actions it’s just a tool used to steal.