Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

166 reviews

ashsparrow's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent, Child death, Gore, and Grief

nubecato's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Body horror

karydiazc's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book is so sad to think about. Frankenstein's monster just wanted to be loved, wanted to belong. He did not chose to live, yet he had to. How different could everything had been if Frankenstein has stayed with him and helped him see the world in a different way?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Violence

foxclcves's review against another edition

dark reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Body horror, Death, Child death, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, and Grief

Minor: Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Stalking, Colonisation, and Racism

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

kristinetp's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

Would I read it again? No. HOWEVER.....

 The themes of this book really stick with me. Reading through Victor's and the creatures relationship knowing that it is reflective of the struggle of motherhood made it a much more interesting read. I think there is a lot to take away about struggling with regret and resentment as a parent figure, specifically as a mother figure. There is a lot to take away about being the offspring in that kind of dynamic. Mary Shelley was really ahead of her time for exploring these themes and especially in this way, being the catalyst for science fiction as a genre, which has become male dominated. 

Good vs Evil is another theme that felt prevalent to me as well. Are people inherently good or evil? Are people born wicked or do they have wicked thrust upon them? 

There were a lot of things I liked and a lot of things I didn't like. I think some things were really dragged out, but I can see how playing the long game like that really gives in to the fact that depression can be all consuming.

Overall, I'm glad to have revisited this book and to find that I still really resonate with the themes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Toxic relationship, Grief, Mental illness, Death, and Suicidal thoughts

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

ilmariel's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Gore, Abandonment, Body horror, Death, Classism, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical content, Murder, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

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

marigoldgem's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide attempt, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Body horror, Gore, Bullying, and Death of parent