From Goodreads:

Obsessed with creating life itself, Victor Frankenstein plunders graveyards for the material to fashion a new being, which he shocks into life with electricity. But his botched creature, rejected by Frankenstein and denied human companionship, sets out to destroy his maker and all that he holds dear. Mary Shelley's chilling Gothic tale was conceived when she was only eighteen, living with her lover Percy Shelley near Byron's villa on Lake Geneva. It would become the world's most famous work of horror fiction, and remains a devastating exploration of the limits of human creativity.

It's a classic! It's popularly considered the invention of science fiction and modern horror! It's the work of an intelligent, exiled, desperately lonely teenage girl! It has never had what I would call a faithful cinematic adaptation. Whether you're here for a first read or a reread or just want to talk about it, you're welcome to celebrate #FRANKENSTEINFEBRUARY. (Thanks Bee for sparking this. xD)

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