Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

60 reviews

cowardlyteaman's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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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I absolutely loved this book. Admittedly, I was a little nervous when I started reading it,  because I had seen a lot of reviews saying it was way too slow and boring. It's definitely slow, but I don't think I would've empathised with the characters in the same way hadn't it been so thorough with each of the main characters.

I love Walton, and I love Victor. They're both amazing narrators, and, yes, ... I am a Victor sympathiser.

If you have some patience and believe in this concept, then I'd say this is definitely a worthy read. Even though it's heavy, it's not that long, and there really is a reason why this story has survived for as long as it has.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Murder, Abandonment

Moderate: Stalking

ilmariel's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, Classism

leapyear_reader's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Stalking, Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Gore, Incest, Blood, Death of parent, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Mental illness

bill369's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I read this book for the Classics Reading Challenge.

The complexity of Frankenstein's monster is hands down one of the best aspects of this book. I like his development and how he's becoming more human throughout the book. I believe the author did manage to make the reader feel for him. After all, he was just misunderstood and needed love.

Page 52, calm mind.
 

Dokonalý člověk má vždy zachovat klidnou a pokojnou mysl a nikdy nemá připustit, aby vášeň nebo pomíjivá touha porušily jeho pohodu. Ani vědecké bádání nemá být podle mého názoru výjimkou z tohoto pravidla. Jestliže studium, kterému se člověk věnuje, vede k oslabení přátelských vztahů a prostých radostí, v nichž nemá být ani stopa bolesti, pak je toto studium určitě nesprávné a pro lidskou mysl nevhodné.

 

I hoped for a happier ending, but it wasn't bad.

I'm glad I read this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Murder

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Medical content, Stalking, Death of parent, Abandonment

Minor: Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders

angelfireeast24's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Medical content, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Classism

Minor: Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief

raynestorm's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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An incredible book for those who love the Mary Shelley classic and are interested in knowing more. The pages are filled with information, historical backgrounds, references, new ideas, and much more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Abandonment

recycled_personalities's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging funny reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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It was a pretty good novel and I do recommend that you read it. The plot was a lot more complicated than I anticipated but it was still a good read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment

sunny_not's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark emotional 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: Yes

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It was an interesting read. Since it has influenced many other books and films that I love I admired it to some extent. However, the pacing felt a bit weird and also the racial stereotyping made this book a lot less enjoyable for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Racism, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry

bhu's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

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, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment

Moderate: Violence, Stalking, Murder

Minor: Blood, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail

abbycrotts's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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kinda dint care like it was written pretty well but it was so old classic-y and in your face and dragged on but i can see why people study it closely and have it as a reading criteria for school

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Violence

why cant old people be normal (no incest or pseudo incest)