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Loading... This Dark Endeavorby Kenneth Oppel
  
Absolute Power (70) No current Talk conversations about this book. 2.5 Stars (  ) Mrs_Tapsell_Bookzone | Feb 14, 2023 |  I'm usually a fan of Kenneth Oppel, but I am still unsure of how much I liked this book. It definitely slumped a bit in the middle, when I felt like the story was in a rut and the characters seemed too thinly sketched. Then the action picked up, and that is what propelled the rest of the book, although the characters still lacked enough depth for me to get too interested. As a retelling of an old story, I admire this book because it seems to be such an original take on the Frankenstein story. (  ) kamlibrarian | Dec 23, 2022 | teen/adult fiction (Frankenstein origin) This is written in the gothic style, so some kids may take a while to get used to the comparatively dryer action. However, it is full of adventure, so once they settle in, maybe they'll be hooked. ( ) reader1009 | Jul 3, 2021 | there was nothing about this book that was horrible, but I disliked it anyway. perhaps it's because Victor Frankenstein is a horrid little beast! ( ) kickthebeat | Nov 1, 2020 | Advance copy (  ) ME_Dictionary | Mar 20, 2020 | Belongs to SeriesIs a (non-series) prequel to
When his twin brother falls ill in the family's chateau in the independent republic of Geneva in the eighteenth century, sixteen-year-old Victor Frankenstein embarks on a dangerous and uncertain quest to create the forbidden Elixir of Life described in an ancient text in the family's secret Biblioteka Obscura. No library descriptions found. 
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