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Moderate: Stalking, Abandonment
Loved the creature, its character was fully fleshed out (pardon the pun). Its dialogue, motives, and actions were all in accordance with each other. Its relationships were bitter-sweet and his were the chapters I most enjoyed.
Moderate: Child death, Violence
Minor: Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Stalking
Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, Classism
Moderate: Bullying, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Abandonment
Minor: Body horror, Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship
Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent
Moderate: Animal death, Violence, Blood, Stalking
Minor: Fire/Fire injury
Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Murder
Minor: Ableism, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content
If you've only ever watched the 1930s movie like me, then the original 1818 version will feel like a completely new story to you!
I appreciated how much heart, empathy, passion & flaws we see as both Victor & his creature explore the same feelings (believing that they're completely different from one another) such as hubris, the spectrum of morality, justice, & if wickedness is due to nature or nurture. The book even begins & ends through the lens of a third party, leaving us the reader free to sympathize a bit with both Victor & his creature who are at such odds with each other.
I didn't expect to get as emotionally invested in the characters as I did--it was a pleasant surprise to find myself hoping, grieving & crying on their behalf, especially the monster who so desperately & sincerely loves people & longs to be accepted for who he is on the inside💔
The middle of the novel could drag on at times, especially as Victor traveled and couldn't shake his fears, regrets & melancholy no matter who he was with or what he was doing for long. In the begin & by the end though, events picked up again in anticipation & drama leaving me at the edge of my seat!
There may be a little good & evil in everyone, & this novel explores in depth just how much enemies can be more similar than they'd like to believe. I'd recommend it to anyone who doesn't mind a little (or a lot) of gray area & want to try a classic where emotions are a strong motivation--both for the characters & us as readers!
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Stalking, Gaslighting, Abandonment
Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia
Minor: Child death, Confinement, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Stalking, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Murder
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent
Minor: Body shaming, Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol