Reviews tagging 'Stalking'

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

87 reviews

lucinotlucy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Toxic relationship, Death, Grief, Murder, Mental illness, Stalking, Abandonment, Child death, and Violence

chris_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Dysphoria, Death, Murder, Abandonment, Grief, and Stalking

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Body horror, Violence, and Confinement

Minor: Child death, Suicidal thoughts, and Colonisation

emilo's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Abandonment

Moderate: Incest, Sexism, Stalking, and Medical content

Minor: Colonisation

raccooonhands's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Murder, Medical content, Grief, Abandonment, and Death

Moderate: Death of parent, Suicide, Incest, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, and Stalking

dracla's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Stalking, Colonisation, Classism, Murder, and Death

excepto's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

It was a bit slow to start with and I feel there were a few too many layers of narrative around the story. The description of the life of the beast was definitely the best part.
I find the gothic premise of the constantly ill protagonist a bit tiring.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Abandonment, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Stalking, Violence, Grief, Mental illness, and Murder

Minor: Suicide attempt, Incest, and Suicide

padawan17's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Murder, and Grief

Moderate: Stalking, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Incest

amberkaylynn's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Stalking, Mental illness, Death, and Abandonment

theuncannydani's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Grief, Death, Xenophobia, Dysphoria, Incest, Murder, Abandonment, Child death, Death of parent, and Violence

Moderate: Suicide, Islamophobia, Gore, Terminal illness, and Racism

Minor: Religious bigotry

rieviolet's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-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

3.0

I listened to the audiobook version and, even though I really liked the narrator's voice, I have to accept the fact that I do not get along with audiobooks, I struggle to focus and I end up missing a good chunk of the story. I say this because it negatively affected my fruition of the book and partially influenced my final rating.

However, I also wasn't that much blown away by the story itself. I struggled the most with the chapters narrated from Frankenstein's point of view, as the story progressed they became quite tiresome and I just did not care much for him as a character, I just wanted him to stop droning on and on.
I enjoyed a bit more the sections focused on the creature's perspective. The themes addressed are interesting but the characterization and the story development were rather unremarkable. The overall reading experience was a bit middle-of-the-road for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Stalking, Violence, Death, Body horror, and Grief

Moderate: Death of parent, Misogyny, Child death, Animal cruelty, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Kidnapping, Colonisation, Genocide, Islamophobia, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicide attempt