Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

51 reviews

linnylionheart's review against another edition

2.75

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Confinement, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment

Moderate: Mental illness, Terminal illness, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Colonisation

Minor - execution of an innocent person

rory_john14's review against another edition

2.0

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child death, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment

Moderate: Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Suicide attempt

Minor: Colonisation

ran_sophia's review against another edition

2.0

challenging dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

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After reading the book, I didn't know exactly what to think about it. There is a good style of writing and storytelling. But that's all. The characters have no development and the story is only half captivating. I didn't feel interested in the story or the characters at all. That it was supposed to be a Gothic novel, so I expected it to be scary in some way. But that was not the case at all. The story dragged on, the narration was slow, and at times it seemed to be stuck.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Hate crime, Incest, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Murder, Toxic friendship

Minor: Child death, Gun violence, Colonisation

chubbypug21's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Medical content, Grief

dig2deep's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I have to read paradise lost now

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Grief, Murder

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent

Minor: Animal death, Racism

flamesocks's review against another edition

5.0

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

baponthecob's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Grief

Moderate: Body horror, Suicide, Stalking, Death of parent

Minor: Confinement, Incest, Medical content

gabrield's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Animal cruelty, Child death, Confinement, Incest

valyn_grebe's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I began reading this book thinking that it was going to be a great read, and for me, it wasn’t.  It was just okay.  I had trouble connecting with the characters.  I generally disliked Victor Frankenstein, because he never thought about the consequences of his actions or how the Monster would react to life.  Thus, the Monster has terrible and vile behavior due to his creator’s lack of foresight in his work.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Stalking, Death of parent

Minor: Animal death, Body horror

camilleingram's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-paced

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

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Mary Shelley's lack of experience in writing is very prominent in this book, with every character sounding extremely similar in point of view. However, the story is really gripping and incredibly interesting. I analyzed this book in an English class, and it's been the best book to analyze so far. There are so many ways to look at and read this novel, and in-depth character analysis was honestly so interesting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Incest

Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief