Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

52 reviews

jrpie's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming

theworstpear's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Murder

rat_king6767's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-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: Incest, Grief

Moderate: Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Violence

Minor: Child death, Death of parent

smokingchagga's review against another edition

3.25

reflective 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: Body shaming, Child death, Death, Grief, Death of parent

amissabellator's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment

Moderate: Addiction, Confinement, Gun violence, Hate crime, Incest, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Colonisation, Classism

Minor: Animal death, Homophobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

saturnpersonified's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark emotional reflective medium-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: Ableism, Body horror, Body shaming, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Death of parent, Abandonment

Moderate: Murder

marenm's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

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: Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Dysphoria

Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Gaslighting

korolevakotykiv's review against another edition

3.75

dark sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Animal death

cowardlyteaman's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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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I absolutely loved this book. Admittedly, I was a little nervous when I started reading it,  because I had seen a lot of reviews saying it was way too slow and boring. It's definitely slow, but I don't think I would've empathised with the characters in the same way hadn't it been so thorough with each of the main characters.

I love Walton, and I love Victor. They're both amazing narrators, and, yes, ... I am a Victor sympathiser.

If you have some patience and believe in this concept, then I'd say this is definitely a worthy read. Even though it's heavy, it's not that long, and there really is a reason why this story has survived for as long as it has.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Murder, Abandonment

Moderate: Stalking

linnylionheart's review against another edition

2.75

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Confinement, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment

Moderate: Mental illness, Terminal illness, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Colonisation

Minor - execution of an innocent person