Our Hideous Progeny by C.E. McGillMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
This book was the perfect homage to Frankenstein, and I have a feeling that Mary Shelley would have been quite proud to have inspired such a book.
The story follows the great niece of Frankenstein himself, though she does not know such for a long time. Neither does she know of his creation, not until herself and her (waster) husband have need of such information. Mary has a hard life until she marries, and even then things are not perfect. She discovers about her uncles experiments and she decides to attempt them on a smaller scale. But as in the original story, things do not go to plan.
The most horrific part of this story is really how women were treated back at the turn of the century. Expected to be of good breeding, to be a perfect wife, and not to have an opinion that was not first shared by their husbands. I had such empathy for Mary for most of the book, though there were times when I wanted to give her a slap. As well as half the men in the book, with a few notable exceptions.
It was a beautifully written piece, that never lets the original source material down.
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