Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

239 reviews

lucywestenra's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 43%

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Okay so the boredom and sadness this book is making me feel are OVERWHELMING. I was gonna pause it but now I think I will just put it away forever. The pressure that I felt to read this because it was a gothic classic was pretty large. It is just not interesting to me though. I got to the mark where the monster is beginning to tell his story and I am SO BORED. I’m even listening to the audiobook while looking at the physical book and highlighting parts that interest me. I think Mary Shelley’s writing style is fine but the content is too death filled, sadness inspiring, and honestly, uninspiring to me personally. Bye Frankenstein. 😵‍💫🤧

I saw a review that said that Hell Has One Book and it’s Frankenstein. That aligns with how I’m feeling right now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Grief, Murder

Moderate: Child death, Death, Violence, Death of parent, Abandonment

Minor: Body horror

mildhonestbonsai's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional medium-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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Another one with the journaling/letter writing. Unintentional running theme going on here.

I enjoyed this more than I enjoyed Dracula, to be honest. #justiceforthemonster

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Child death, Violence

fefter_'s review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

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, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Slavery, Violence, Blood

clarencedeattitude's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark mysterious sad fast-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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Se dovessi collegare una canzone alla creatura creato da Frankenstein, questa sarebbe "this is me trying" di Taylor Swift. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Gun violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting

garmiet's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious reflective sad 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: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief

Moderate: Body shaming, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Classism

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Kidnapping, Abortion, Death of parent

melissareadsclassics's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder

mxine_'s review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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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rip frankenstein's monster you would have loved radiohead

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Dysphoria

fujiopples's review against another edition

3.0

dark mysterious sad tense fast-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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exposition is good. however, TOO much exposition is not, which is unfortunately what this book suffers from. absolutely nothing is left to the imagination. i would still suggest reading this if you haven't bc of it's importance as one of the first sci-fi novels, and if you like a lot of explanation than this book is perfect for you! 

(ps: frankenstein and clerval were kinda fruity)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Violence, Grief

Moderate: Child death, Death, Incest, Murder

Minor: Suicide

kirawantstoread's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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One of my all-time favorite novels and my first exposure to the frame narrative. Extremely tragic and much more harrowing than I was anticipating when I read this as a high school sophomore. After finishing, my favorite type of villainous character became one who was done unbelievably dirty by the protag. Kudos to 19-year-old Mary Shelley for cranking this one out. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Abandonment

starfr0g's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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, Stalking, Abandonment

Moderate: Death, Incest, Violence, Murder

Minor: Medical content