"Clerval then put the following letter into my hands. It was from my own Elizabeth:- My dearest cousin..." (page 40)
Alright, so far, I am not a fan of Frankenstein. There was way too much exposition for what the story needed (in my personal opinion). The sheer amount of unnecessary information is really bothering me too; I'm sorry, but I don't need to hear Walton discuss the same exact thing in fifteen different ways for three paragraphs. With that being said, I am a fan of the way this frame story it set up. I think it's really cool that we're hearing different first person accounts through letters. Walton is writing to his sister and telling her the story of Victor, who is telling Walton part of his story through letters Elizabeth wrote him. It allows for a distinct voice in each character in the story; it tends to pull the reader deeper into the story I think. I was a big fan of this style of writing when Hosseini applied it in The Kite Runner. This technique makes me focus on the story more because it felt as if the different views of multiple characters are all being expressed to me directly.
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