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31.7k reviews for:

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

3.86 AVERAGE

adventurous dark sad 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

A classic in every sense. Gothic prose evoking beauty and terror in equal measure.

Can't believe I used to hate this
dark emotional reflective medium-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
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

"Transcurre mucho tiempo antes de que la mente humana pueda convencerse de que la persona a quien se ve todos los días, y cuya simple existencia parece parte de la nuestra, se ha ido para siempre; pasa mucho tiempo antes de que podamos convencernos de que la mirada brillante de un ser amado se ha apagado para siempre y de que el sonido de una voz familiar y querida se ha acallado definitivamente, y nunca más volverá a escucharse".
adventurous challenging emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
dark emotional mysterious 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
challenging dark emotional informative reflective 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
challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-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

Frankenstein certainly feels like he was written by a woman but Shelley creates such an engaging and thought provoking story that I’m almost anti science