Frankenstein Book versus Folklore

Mary Shelly's "Frankenstein" is a much different story than I had originally expected. I thought the story would begin with Doctor Frankenstein, and had no idea of a ship captain. I assumed the peak of the story would be the creation of the monster, though it obviously is not. The book does not place much emphasis on the creation of the monster, saying only "I collected the instruments of life around me, that I might infuse a spark of being into the lifeless thing that lay at my feet" (P. 34). To me, this seemed rather anticlimactic, There was no massive bolt of lightning sent through the inanimate body, simply a spark. The author spent so little time on the creation of the monster that it left me wanting for more. I wanted some details on how the creature was made, but sadly in this category it is lacking. Frankenstein is no where near what I had expected the story to be. While in some cases it has underwhelmed me, in most places it's a pretty good story. While the details don't exactly match up with what I thought would happen, they are still interesting and tell a very good story.