J-Horror

I can't say I have much experience with J horror, since I don't have much experience with reading horror in general.  I was super how much "pre-work" there was, as in a lot back story.  Even the short stories had a lot story to them.   I thought it was interesting talking about how there isn't much of a "good vs evil" plot in Eastern story telling.  The supernatural isn't shown as a "Evil" thing as much a "natural" thing.   Especially in Japanese stories it seems like that mystical things about a part of the landscape and are just doing their thing.  They may be pissed at you but they are usually just doing what they got to do.

Good Vampire Boy Louis

Reading though Interview with the Vampire was really fun and I enjoyed it.  Vampire aren't really 'cool' as much anymore which is a shame because they have a lot of promise.  Louis is such a good character, like a good boy. Especially compare to Lestat who by all means an asshole. It's funny that there was a lot of talk about how the book is about intimacy because I felt like Lestat was a very shitty boyfriend for Louis that you spend a lot of the book yelling about how Louis should leave him.

I might go back at finish the book when I have to time. It was really relaxing to read.

Frankenstein

I read Frankenstein in my AP European history class back in high school, and I'm just now realising how long ago that was. Getting a chance to reread it, even if I didn't get a chance to read all of it.  I can't remember what my thoughts were in high school. Victor is an interesting character, he's kind of an asshole.  He spends a lot of time talking about great his life was before the monster and how awful is was after.  His reaction to the monster is really want cause the whole problem.  

Like if you're going to create a living thing with thoughts and feelings, abandoning it is probably not the best idea.  

I found a lot of similar feelings about the monster that I had for Erik from the Phantom of Opera, which I'd imagine probably got some of it's idea from Frankenstein. I sympathize with them both of them but their lives have turned them into to jerks.