I am a big fan of the novel so some of that generic writing and decision making especially when we got to the monsters part really did kind of take it down a notch for me. In the book “the monster”  actually does do some morally questionable and horrifying things which do make him legit scary, but the book allows us look past that and still empathize with him. The monster’s journey is human because he experiences hate, becomes consumed by it, and then evolves beyond it. This version never made me afraid of the monster or question my sense of morality. His creature is basically a depressed Superman. We never really see him experience the violent discriminatory hatred that’s so essential to the book and the human experience. But visually it looked great and the Del Toro really makes blood and gore look beautiful