Reviews tagging 'Stalking'

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

137 reviews

chris_reads's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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: Death, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Dysphoria

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Physical abuse, Violence, Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Colonisation

emilo's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Abandonment

Moderate: Incest, Sexism, Medical content, Stalking

Minor: Colonisation

raccooonhands's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious sad

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Abandonment

Moderate: Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Stalking, Death of parent

dracla's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Stalking, Murder, Colonisation, Classism

excepto's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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It was a bit slow to start with and I feel there were a few too many layers of narrative around the story. The description of the life of the beast was definitely the best part.
I find the gothic premise of the constantly ill protagonist a bit tiring.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment

Minor: Incest, Suicide, Suicide attempt

padawan17's review against another edition

3.5

dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Grief, Murder

Moderate: Incest, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Stalking

amberkaylynn's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Murder, Abandonment

theuncannydani's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark mysterious sad 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: Child death, Death, Incest, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Dysphoria

Moderate: Gore, Racism, Suicide, Terminal illness, Islamophobia

Minor: Religious bigotry

rieviolet's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional sad tense medium-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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I listened to the audiobook version and, even though I really liked the narrator's voice, I have to accept the fact that I do not get along with audiobooks, I struggle to focus and I end up missing a good chunk of the story. I say this because it negatively affected my fruition of the book and partially influenced my final rating.

However, I also wasn't that much blown away by the story itself. I struggled the most with the chapters narrated from Frankenstein's point of view, as the story progressed they became quite tiresome and I just did not care much for him as a character, I just wanted him to stop droning on and on.
I enjoyed a bit more the sections focused on the creature's perspective. The themes addressed are interesting but the characterization and the story development were rather unremarkable. The overall reading experience was a bit middle-of-the-road for me.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Genocide, Racism, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail

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