Reviews for Frankie Stein

The average rating for Frankie Stein based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-10-15 00:00:00 Matt Smith Something is wrong with the Stein's baby! It's . . . cute!?! With his peachy-pink skin, and golden hair . . . oh, how will they ever make him look scary? I wasn't wild about the illustrations, but the story, and the message about being yourself, more than made up for that.

Review # 2 was written on 2017-10-30 00:00:00 Alan Freedman Thanks to Melki for her review that led me to read this book, which reminded me of Katherine Dunn's Geek Love. Geek Love is a about a couple of freaks in a freak show who value differences from the "norm," since the more grotesque their children are, the more successful they are in the freak show. It's a crazy allegory about difference and the contextual nature of value and beauty. Frankie is born to the Frankensteins, and to their horror, he appears humanly conventional, not scary. But Frankie helps them realize that just by being different, he can be scary, even if he has blond hair and blue eyes. He smiles, he hugs, he's nice, and to their family, this is startling, unnerving. They try to make him into a monster of their own interests, but they fail. He just wants to be himself. Wasn't a huge fan of the art, but hey, it's a picture book, it was still humorously cute.