Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

190 reviews

luxxltyd's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark mysterious 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

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Incest

womangenius's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

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: Body shaming

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Murder

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization

some_random_person_hi's review against another edition

3.0

dark mysterious reflective sad 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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Read it for lit.
Depressing pre-analysis and depressing post-analysis.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Grief, Abandonment

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Death, Suicide, Violence, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Abortion, Fire/Fire injury

arayo's review against another edition

dark tense slow-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

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Grief, Death of parent, Murder

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence

Minor: Confinement

livelaughomo's review against another edition

4.25

dark mysterious tense medium-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: Body horror, Murder, Abandonment

Moderate: Incest, Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Animal death, Racism

c_alexander's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Violence, Grief, Murder, Abandonment

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Medical content

Minor: Confinement, Death of parent

mr_d8a's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional reflective 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: Complicated

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Fascinating concept. The language of the story is very high society and somewhat to flowery for a reader some 200 years removed. If there were a translation that was more readable it might be better. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, Classism

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Death of parent

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

chale19's review against another edition

3.75

dark sad tense medium-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

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Death, Suicide, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Incest

doriandelioncourt's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional 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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Content Warnings

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

booksillremember's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective 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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Thematically really interesting, especially regarding bodily autonomy, othering, and the moral consequences of our actions. I also get why it’s so popular with the queer community. Unfortunately, I didn’t enjoy the actual reading experience. All the side characters are one-dimensional and there’s simply too much about them that feels like filler. Frankenstein himself is a narcissistic Faustian character who spends most of his time whining, having a fever and making poor practical choices. I felt sympathy for his creature but it’s also giving big incel vibes. I appreciate the novel as inspiration for many other works and I don’t regret reading it, but in itself I didn’t quite enjoy it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Murder