I think this is a very important part of the horror genre, but the main character, Victor Frankenstein, just doesn't do it for me. I know he isn't suppose to be the hero, and I know that he has suffered greatly because of the monster's predations. 
 But does the main character have to whine so? By the end of the book it just got to be kind of annoying. I like the plot and the setting, but I found it very hard to like the main character in any way.