The Last Man
1826 • 346 pages
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Average rating3.2
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Ratings6
Average rating3.2
Mary Shelley, the author of [*Frankenstein*][1], wrote the apocalyptic novel The Last Man in 1826. Its first person narrative tells the story of our world standing at the end of the twenty-first century and - after the devastating effects of a plague - at the end of humanity. In the book Shelley writes of weaving this story from a discovery of prophetic writings uncovered in a cave near Naples. The Last Man was made into a 2008 film.
[1]: http://openlibrary.org/works/OL450125W/Frankenstein
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If this book has taught me anything, it's that life is too short to waste on books that are a chore to read. At nearly a quarter of the way through, the only thing that I've read so far is a droning chronology of how five people became friends, married up and had babies. The “story” moved in a predictable pattern of “I totally hated this person before I met them, and then I met them and they turned out to be the most wonderful person ever.” Sorry Mary Shelley, I love you dearly, but I just can't with this one.
This was a good read. Although I have to say I think I'm not very fond of Victorian novels. So much happens. At one point I thought that I was either reading a flashback or dreamworld.
oh well. tough read but good
