Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

166 reviews

carodunn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Murder, Violence, Medical content, Ableism, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Body horror

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Dysphoria, Gore, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, and Physical abuse

simmich429's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Mental illness, Murder, Abandonment, Death of parent, Gun violence, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Body horror, Body shaming, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Death, Religious bigotry, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

mobymaize's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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

barda's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Death of parent, Violence, Death, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, and Murder

stindex's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

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

themorsecode's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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

euphemiajo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

anjasshelf's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Colonisation, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gun violence

comfsp's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

I think I understand why some people think of this as an absolute masterpiece, and in the context of its role in history it's totally justified, but just taking the reading experience... It made me infinitely frustrated. Nobody changes their views, Frankenstein still has a cruelly prejudiced, tunel vision-like worldview and is insanely self-centered thruout the entire book. Reading this was a torture to me too, not juszt the characters, and it honestly pains me becaouse of the importance this iconic book has. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Violence and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Death of parent

oomaymayoo's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Incest and Stalking