Reviews tagging 'Stalking'

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

137 reviews

evgeorge's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional reflective 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

zsnails99's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious tense slow-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: Body horror, Child death, Incest, Grief

Moderate: Gore, Incest, Stalking, Abandonment

felofhe's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Classism

mobymaize's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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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Yeah, I mean it's fucking Frankenstein, like you got to read it. It is the first sci-fi novel, of course you have to read it. ALSO READ THE 1818 VERSION, IT'S A LOT BETTER.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

stindex's review against another edition

3.25

dark sad tense slow-paced

Loveable characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Torture, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

arewenotben's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I started reading this mid-last year then just put it down for ages, not entirely sure why as it's an engaging and interesting read; despite the over-florid Victorian prose.  Going in reasonably cold beyond the general cultural knowledge of the story, the book wasn't quite what I had anticipated (in a 'positive' way), although tricky to read without picturing the iconic Hollywood depictions of both Victor and the monster.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment

lesboracle's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Suicide

Minor: Child death, Incest, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder

euphemiajo's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous challenging dark informative tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Classism

anjasshelf's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Incest, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Colonisation

booitsnathalie's review against another edition

4.5

dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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: Child death, Stalking, Murder, Abandonment