Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

59 reviews

emmagreenwood's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

ssoriano's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

 Surprisingly good. The writing and structure of the book were beautiful. You could see Romanticism in the novel as Shelley links man and his emotions to nature and its beauty. Since it was my first time encountering such a format, I'd feel bored with the long passages of nature, places, and other sceneries. But when I got to the ending, I realized that all these descriptions were vital to the overall story of Frankenstein's Monster, Victor Frankenstein, and even Robert Walton. In terms of horror, death, and despair, this book had a lot in store. We'd see Victor journey into madness and despair as his "Creation"

killed all of his loved ones and hopes of a good future

. At the same time, we'd see the monster deal with love and loneliness and eventually turn from good to evil. The story also had many parallelisms between the three characters mentioned above, and it was like an aha moment when I concluded reading the book. I would definitely re-read this novel. 

P.S. Despite the greatness of the story, I still believe Victor Frankenstein is a selfish coward

who does not own up to his creation, his actions, and his choices

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, and Violence

someplace_i_go's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Drug use

kaiulanilee's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

This book was absolutely stunning. It tore my heart completely in two and was completely brilliant in how it made you feel both for Frankenstein and the monster he created. The writing was so stunning I couldn’t keep myself from underlining all of the time. The only thing I could see people disliking is the way the story builds and the lack of any particular gruesome moments that some may come to associate with this story because of the ideas around it. I would say if you want something genuinely scary this is not it, but if you want something that will disturb you purely because of how nuanced it is, this is the one. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Death, Grief, Incest, Mental illness, Murder, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

gothicmoon's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Stalking, and Suicidal thoughts

allisoncc's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Minor: Chronic illness, Infertility, Self harm, and Terminal illness

lilacsophie's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Mental illness

martyrdomx5's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death

Moderate: Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Medical content, and Incest

Minor: Religious bigotry

raoulalexander's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Death, Grief, and Mental illness

Minor: Racism