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Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

242 reviews

oceanwriter's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective 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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Reread, but also the first time reading the 1818 text. Loved it even more the second time around and it was interesting reading the first edition. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Murder

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Death of parent

Minor: Animal death, Incest, Racism

bethanwx's review against another edition

3.25

challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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A classic gothic novel about the dangers of over-reaching. Whilst I appreciate that this is a significant text, I don't warm to the writing style or characters.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Colonisation

Minor: Death of parent

gracescanlon's review against another edition

4.5

dark sad tense medium-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment

ekgranstro's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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: Ableism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

mangonana's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

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, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Violence, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence

seforaflorian's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

panaceaenthusiast's review against another edition

4.5

dark reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

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: Body horror, Medical content

Moderate: Violence, Murder

artemismoon057's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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: Child death, Death

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder

lacanadienneinreads's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This was a re-read for me. It's easy each time I encounter this book to recognize why it has become the inspiration from which countless stories and artworks have spawned. It's likely impossible to say anything new about Frankenstein. But on this reread, as an older and wiser person, I can't help but to recognize and resonate with the helpless, despairing, and angry monster. Who better to write to alienation, loneliness, the impossible standards of society and the horrors of being in a body who's shape betrays you, than a teenage girl? There was obviously something magical in the air during the stormy season that Shelley wrote this, and something magical within her to capture these existential feelings. But to ask questions that we continue to ask ourselves today, What was I made for? Am I not deserving of companionship? Why was I abandoned by my creator to the vastness of this world? How can I love and hate my parents? How far is too far in scienti ic pursuit?, is a pretty incredible feat. The interwoven narratives and perspectives were clearly demarcated in this audiobook through multiple narrators, which I felt contributed to the story and added a dynamic element to those moments that could feel like listings of European places. Gorgeous. Horrible. A classic. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs, Rape, Xenophobia

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Murder

lethargicbat's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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: Child death, Death, Murder

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Grief, Death of parent

Minor: Animal death, Body shaming, Incest, Racism, Abandonment