Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Frankenstein (Second Edition) (Norton Critical Editions) by Mary Shelley, W. W. Norton & Company by Mary Shelley

165 reviews

peppypenguin's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I find this story to be more horrific than Dracula. Everyone around you falling to terrible fates one by one because of your actions is terrifying. There is horror in the overzealous pride and obsession of humans circling around to haunt them and subject them to a miserable state where only death is the only rest they can receive. While fantastic it really is a universal story. The complex relationship between Frankenstein and his monster, and the pity you are made to feel for them both, is plenty to stimulate profound discussion.

I first read this novel in 2016. My re-read was this edition illustrated by Bernie Wrightson. These illustrations were so powerful in adding to the atmosphere, that I strongly recommend looking them up or obtaining a copy to enjoy for yourself.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, and Grief

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Death of parent, Body horror, and Murder

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Animal death, and Classism

sourryebread's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

and to think it all started out as a ghost story told to friends.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Death, and Grief

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

alyssapusateri's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Bullying, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Blood, and Medical content

Minor: Animal death

brom's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Grief

Minor: Suicide

sxndaze's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Yet even that enemy of God and man had friends and associates in his desolation; I am alone.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, and Murder

bookgurl488's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book showed that humans are hopelessly flawed and in need of true companionship.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Stalking, and Abandonment

Moderate: Child death, Classism, Bullying, and Death of parent

bebidocrimes's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I remembered enjoying this in high school, but now I simply will never stop thinking about how much I love this story. My brain won't let it go, it's like I'm gnawing on a bone. It's about the loneliness of every kind of ostracization, it's about spurning God, it's about not learning your lesson even after facing every consequence, it's about hating your dad, it's about nature versus nurture, it's about being human yet inhuman. I can't wait to reread and do full annotations.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Murder, Stalking, and Violence

Minor: Classism, Colonisation, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Death of parent, and Incest

fe_aye's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Frankenstein truly is an enduring classic. A tale of a magnificent privileged man descending into insanity entirely through his own actions negatively effecting the lives of those around him. 

A supposedly clever university scientist who doesn’t have basic common sense greatly overreacting to everything. Thinking his emotions above all are important, even on the edge of death. A story of a man playing god by creating a child and then neglecting said child and then being surprised that child grew up to hate him.  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Grief, and Murder

laurenkgrace's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Murder, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, and Abandonment

Moderate: Grief, Classism, Child death, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Blood, and Violence

s_snape_hbp's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Child death, Death of parent, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Torture, Suicide, Mental illness, and Grief