The ending held a lot of promise the rest of the book didn't necessarily live up to. 
 I didn't feel enough of Frankensten in this novel. It does not need to be the same, but to pull from the source material it needs to have some of the same feeling in it. Also this book was a big alchemy bummer. Everything was somewhat convenient. I didn't feel all that much forward momentum. 
 I wanted more from the relationship with Victor and Konrad. They didn't get to spend nearly enough time as brothers. I wanted to feel that bond in a more visceral way.