RaveThe Sydney Morning Herald (AUS)She has tapped into the Millennial zeitgeist with her smart, funny writing about sex and relationships among 20- and 30-somethings ... It digs deeper, though, exploring the existential angst of living in today’s climate-ravaged world ... But what really caught my eye in this compulsively readable novel was Rooney’s portrayal of the stress Alice suffers because of the huge success of her first novel ... A terrific read.
Jeanette Winterson
PositiveThe Australian Book Review (AUS)... brilliant ... readers unfamiliar with Frankenstein will find parts of the novel difficult to follow, especially when Winterson quotes from Frankenstein without explaining that she is doing so. Those riders aside, Frankissstein is a rich, multilayered book that is at once a transgender ‘love story’ (the subtitle), a warning about the perils of unchecked scientific progress, and a frightening look at the potential of artificial intelligence.
