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Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

188 reviews

starfr0g's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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janpie's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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gossamer_lens's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

I find it hard to describe what I dislike about this book. Which is a rarity. I find the themes handled compelling, I find it being the birth place of science fiction amazing and wonderful. The characters have a sense of depth that is quite good and moves one to emotion while reading. Overall, I guess my issue is that while it tackles such interesting things, being the first of its kind means there are so many who have handled the same things since and done it in more interesting, compelling, and poignant ways. But with that being said, this book cannot be discredited for being a start to something amazing and for how well it handles itself considering.

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flora_nora's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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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mimidelrey's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

really enjoyed, truly terrifying, Gothic, and great use of Romantic themes. Love the Frankenstein and Prometheus parallels.

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bookishlucy's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

I absolutely loved this book! I really enjoyed the way it was told. The letters to Waldman's sister really set the tone for the rest of the book and I loved how it pulled the story together at the start and the end. I'm glad we got to see the perspective of Frankenstein's creature but I was really looking forward to seeing the process of creating it. It makes perfect sense in the way the story is told why Victor won't disclose his process but I was still hoping we'd get some details.

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izzygreads's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark mysterious sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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nvexe's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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snowiceblackfruit77's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional sad 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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accurry's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

First, i admit I only read the 1818 edition.

The story is an interesting premise, to be sure, but I’m pretty sure I could find something to dislike about literally every character. Victor, of course, is just a selfish and whiny rich boy and all his friends and family indulge him way too much. The monster’s story is very interesting and you can sympathize with him to an extent, but he’s still done unforgivable things. At the end of the story, Walton says it best: “Hypocritical fiend!” That’s what the monster is. He’s really eloquent and interesting, though, so a wonderful read. At least, his parts are. Other parts of the story are a slog. Pages of Victor bemoaning the consequences of his own actions and pages of entirely unneeded traveling descriptions.

Also, the bonus chapter by C. T. Francis (could not figure out who that was) that this edition has? What… What was up with that? It was such a jarring shift. I was incredulous reading that “What-if” epilogue. Thank goodness that isn’t canon. Oh, also, Francis seems to have forgotten the fact that the monster burned down the cottage but that’s really secondary to SANTA

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