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The supernatural, unmissable new novel by the ALA Best Horror award nominee. In nineteenth-century Germany, one young man counts down the days until he can marry his beloved . . . until she is found brutally murdered, and the young man is accused of the crime. Broken on the wheel and left for dead, he awakens on a lab table, transformed into an abomination. Friedrich must go far to take his revenge —only to find his tormentor, Victor Frankenstein, in league with the Marquis de Sade, creating something much more sinister deep in the mountains. Paranormal and gripping in the tradition of the best work of Stephen King and Justin Cronin, Monster is a gruesome parable of control and vengeance, and an ingenious tribute to one of literature's greatest
"Repudiating the 'outrageous fabrication' of Victor Frankenstein's story as told by Mary Shelley is the aim of this imaginative and grotesque novel from the revisionist perspective of the monster . . . Zeltserman's monster is every bit as eloquent as Shelley's, though his rage is more focused.This is juicy material for Franken-fans, and Zeltserman is just faithful enough to the original (he, too, ends with the fateful wedding night and the icebound ship) that his many fresh contributions feel entirely normal. Well, abnormal, to be accurate, but deliciously so."
MercedesMud
Posted January 25, 2013
This is the story of Frankenstein from the monster's point of view. It was very interesting and I enjoyed the character very much. He is likeable although ugly from the get go. He has a good heart and does good where-ever he goes except for killing one innocent. The book did keep building in the monster's quest for vengeance. I was a bit disappointed in the ending as he never did get the kind of vengeance I thought he should have.
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Posted September 6, 2012
Unless you’re one of the Big Names in the genre, e.g. King, Koontz, et al – horror doesn’t seem to provide as much respect as crime fiction, and that’s a real shame, because between this and CARETAKER OF LORNE FIELD (my favorite of all of Zeltserman's works and, in fact, one of my favorite books of all time), Zeltserman's talent really shines in the horror genre. Much like Ed Gorman and a few other select authors, he has the talent to be able to leapfrog from genre to genre and have each book be outstanding -- so it’s a shame if market realities temper any more work in this genre, as it could use more exemplary works like MONSTER and CARETAKER. ‘Course, if I just have to settle for fantastic crime novels like PARIAH, KILLER, et al, I guess I can handle that. ;-)
MONSTER is one of the better books I’ve read in quite some time. Very compelling – poignant, thrilling and chilling all at once, and the voice of the monster was just Victorian and just modern enough to be both appropriate (to the time) and accessible (to the modern reader). An excellent book through and through...Mary Shelley would be pleased.
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Posted October 5, 2012
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Overview
The supernatural, unmissable new novel by the ALA Best Horror award nominee. In nineteenth-century Germany, one young man counts down the days until he can marry his beloved . . . until she is found brutally murdered, and the young man is accused of the crime. Broken on the wheel and left for dead, he awakens on a lab table, transformed into an abomination. Friedrich must go far to take his revenge —only to find his tormentor, Victor Frankenstein, in league with the Marquis de Sade, creating something much more ...