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Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

60 reviews

thekinkykid's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting

gabyyinz's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense 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

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

emmagreenwood's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment

ssoriano's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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 Surprisingly good. The writing and structure of the book were beautiful. You could see Romanticism in the novel as Shelley links man and his emotions to nature and its beauty. Since it was my first time encountering such a format, I'd feel bored with the long passages of nature, places, and other sceneries. But when I got to the ending, I realized that all these descriptions were vital to the overall story of Frankenstein's Monster, Victor Frankenstein, and even Robert Walton. In terms of horror, death, and despair, this book had a lot in store. We'd see Victor journey into madness and despair as his "Creation"

killed all of his loved ones and hopes of a good future

. At the same time, we'd see the monster deal with love and loneliness and eventually turn from good to evil. The story also had many parallelisms between the three characters mentioned above, and it was like an aha moment when I concluded reading the book. I would definitely re-read this novel. 

P.S. Despite the greatness of the story, I still believe Victor Frankenstein is a selfish coward

who does not own up to his creation, his actions, and his choices

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Grief, Stalking

someplace_i_go's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

Moderate: Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Death of parent

Minor: Drug use

gothicmoon's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Stalking, Murder

marenk's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Stalking, Murder

Moderate: Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Death of parent

Minor: Animal death

waywardkangaroo's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Medical content, Grief

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

jowmy4's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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The story is certainly a well-written, interesting read, with a good premise and plot. The chapters from the creature's perspective are the closest to 'enjoyable', but the other parts of the narrative are usually slow, often depressing and occassionally infuriating. I have a feeling that was the author's intention, but all the same - while I'm glad I have read the book - I probably won't be rushing to reread it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Emotional abuse

Moderate: Death, Hate crime, Violence, Grief

Minor: Xenophobia