Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

241 reviews

savannalyman's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

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: Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Blood, Grief

lovingblackcat's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

Moderate: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Murder, Abandonment

ragamucky's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional reflective sad tense 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment

kam_be's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment

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

maysonia's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Abandonment

Moderate: Chronic illness, Gore, Grief, Stalking

Minor: Child death, Incest

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

isabelle_boknert's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious reflective 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: Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Murder

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Fire/Fire injury