"But I consented to listen, and seating myself by the fire which my odious companion had lighted, he thus began his tale." pg 97
As if it couldn't get any better, the monster starts another frame story within a frame story. It reminds me a lot of Inception. Every new frame story is like another dream within a dream. I'm half expecting a train to come crashing through and annihilate the monster and Frankenstein. Or at the very least, Leonardo DiCaprio's wife showing up with a gun to blow their brains out. But as far as the function of frame stories, it definitely keeps my interest more. As a reader I'm constantly playing catch-up which (sometimes unwillingly) forces me to devote more effort to keeping everything straight. It's definitely a way nifty concept and it gets my stamp of approval as an effective literary technique.
Also, if you've seen Inception before, this will be tres funny.
heeeheee. it's funny because that's not what they meant when they said "limbo."
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