Reviews

The Last Man by Mary Shelley

graveyardpansy's review against another edition

4.0

3.5 — i see why Frankenstein is the better known of her works but this is still rly interesting; the pacing wasn’t my favourite, but it was enjoyable. also not a fan of the occasional casual racism.

bookreadgirl21's review against another edition

1.0

Awful and very bad.

the___hermit's review against another edition

One third of the book in and i do not care about any of the characters nor the plot
mary shelly's writing is beautiful but this is not the book for me i guess

laurenboys's review against another edition

dark 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? No

2.0

kaelarenee7's review against another edition

sad slow-paced

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

2.5

pop_s's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.75

stern_klee's review against another edition

dark reflective 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? No

3.0

abscond's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

travisclau's review against another edition

5.0

Alongside Defoe's A Journal of the Plague Year, easily one of the most underread books in literary history. Everyone reads Defoe's Robinson Crusoe just as everyone reads Shelley's Frankenstein. Perhaps one of the most bizarre apocalyptic novels that contextualizes our modern obsession with apocalpyse, natural disaster, global epidemic, and the fall of social order. A must-read.

anaheeta's review against another edition

5.0

I’m a bit late with this review so here it goes.

I LOVED LOVED LOVED Frankenstein and so I started reading more of Shelley (and also her mom’s as well). When I started listening to the audiobook of The Last Man, I forgot to notice how long it was and also I went through a lot of trauma during this time so I kind of put off reading for almost a whole year