The video taps into the popular 'readathon' trend and combines it with a classic literary work, making it relatable and engaging for a wide audience. The creator's personal reflections and progress updates create a sense of shared experience and encourage viewer participation.
Summary
The creator attempts to read Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and watch a movie adaptation within 24 hours. They provide updates on their progress through the book and share their thoughts on both the book and the movie, ultimately rating the book highly but finding the movie adaptation lacking in comparison.
Structure
1Introduction to the challenge
2Reading progress updates (Hour 1-5)
3Eating and continuing to read
4Finishing the book and starting the movie
5
Original caption
A 24 hour readathon with a movie is probably the most insane thing I’ve ever done but WOW. Frankenstein you have my heart man. Also this was inspired by @kaylee🪿 Mentioned: @NetflixUK @spotifyuk @Uber Eats #BookTok #readathon #frankenstein #filmtok #fiction
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Mid-movie thoughts and comparison
6Final thoughts and rating
Product placement
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Intellectual Sidequesting:
Reading all of Frankenstein
& watching the movie
in 24 hours
Hour 1
225 pages to go...
Hour 1
51/225 pages
attention. Wealth was an inferior object; but what glory would attend the discovery, if I could banish disease from the human frame and render man invulnerable to any but a violent death!
Hour 2
75/225 pages
be altogether free from blame. A human being in perfection ought always to preserve a calm and peaceful mind, and never to allow passion or a transitory desire to disturb his tranquilly. I do not think that the pursuit of knowledge is an exception to this rule. If the study to which you apply yourself has a tendency to weaken your affections, and to destroy your taste for those simple pleasures in which no alloy can possibly mix, then that study is certainly unlawful, that is to say, not befitting the human mind. If this rule were always observed; if no man allowed
Hour 2
93/225 pages
How can I describe my emotions at this catastrophe, or how delicate the scene which with such infinite pains and care I had endeavoured to form? His limbs were in proportion, and I had selected his features as beautiful. Beautiful! - Great God!
Hour 3
130/225 pages
tion. My person was hideous and my stature gigantic. What did this mean? Who was I? What was I? Whence did I come? What was my destination? These questions continually recurred, but I was unable to solve them.
Hour 4
150/225 pages
if you live in London by the way
and you want really good Mexican food
they're on Uber Eats
Hour 4
150/225 pages
Honestly, I feel like I'm in heaven guys.
a good plate of food
and a good book.
what?!
Hour 4
150/225 pages
Hour 5
170/225 pages
Hour four is done
I'm well into Hour five
and I'm on page 170
Frankenstein has convinced his creator Victor
to make his female companion.
I will say this last part has felt a bit slower
I have my laptop
and I'm gonna actually listen to the audiobook
as I read
there's an audiobook of Frankenstein on Spotify
Hour 5
170/225 pages
The narration
was sooo good
He had followed me in my travels
He had loitered in forests
locking the door made a solemn vow in my own heart
Hour 6
Final 20 pages!!!
I shall be with you on your wedding night
Hour 6
225/225 pages
lost in darkness
the end
The End!!!
Final Thoughts
I've officially finished watching the movie
and I'm gonna give it a 3.5
and I'm gonna give it a 3.5 stars
to no fault of the movie
when you just read the book
it always pales in comparison
I feel like the book just had this level of eeriness
and paranoia
and this slow build up of Frankenstein
invading Victor's life
that I didn't really see in the movie
I also just didn't like how they changed
so many of the relationships
The ending was also much more hopeful in the movie
Don't get me wrong
the movie is still good
and I would recommend watching it
but of course read the book
Transcript
I'm gonna read the entirety of Frankenstein in one sitting/one day and then I'm gonna watch the movie and I'm gonna compare and contrast the two. I expect this to probably take me around four hours to finish the book, but we'll see. Hour 1, 225 pages to go...
So it's officially been one hour and I'm on page 51. I just got to the part where Victor has gone off to university and he's now dedicating himself to looking for the elixir of life. I feel like this is gonna be a five star read. Hour 2, 75/225 pages. I'm well into hour two. There are so many good one-liners, quotes about obsession and this idea of sacrificing essentially everything for your goals and I feel like I relate to it so much, which is just something I did not expect when I picked up Frankenstein. Hour 2, 93/225 pages. So I'm officially done with hour two. I've read 93 pages of the book. Frankenstein has officially been created. I think reading that part is probably one of my favourite things I've ever read. I'm so in the zone that I'm just gonna try and push through even though I'm starving. Hour 3, 130/225 pages. I'm officially done with hour three and I am 130 pages in. We finally heard from Frankenstein in this part and I can't believe I'm saying this, but I feel so bad for him. Just the way Mary Shelley's exploring the concept of otherness, just making me feel like humans are so horrible. Hour 4, 150/225 pages. So my food is here. I'm just about to hit 150 pages. If you live in London by the way and you want really good Mexican food, they're on Uber Eats. Honestly, I feel like I'm in heaven guys. A good plate of food and a good book. What?! Hour 4, 150/225 pages. Hour four is done. I'm well into Hour five and I'm on page 170. Frankenstein has convinced his creator Victor to make his female companion. I will say this last part has felt a bit slower. I have my laptop and I'm gonna actually listen to the audiobook as I read. There's an audiobook of Frankenstein on Spotify. Hour 5, 170/225 pages. The narration was sooo good. He had followed me in my travels. He had loitered in forests, locking the door made a solemn vow in my own heart. Hour 6, Final 20 pages!!! lost in darkness. The End!!! Final Thoughts. I've officially finished watching the movie and I'm gonna give it a 3.5 and I'm gonna give it a 3.5 stars to no fault of the movie, but again, when you just read the book, it always pales in comparison. I feel like the book just had this level of eeriness and paranoia and this slow build up of Frankenstein invading Victor's life that I didn't really see in the movie. I also just didn't like how they changed so many of the relationships. The ending was also much more hopeful in the movie. Don't get me wrong, the movie is still good and I would recommend watching it, but of course read the book.
