Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

54 reviews

leenverse's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry

theo_iwan's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 87%

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The last part of the book was not available on Spotify, where I was listening to it. I’m unsure if I will finish the book, since I find the story to be annoying and so very boring. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Racism, Violence, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, Murder

Minor: Colonisation

ankan_tove's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark mysterious sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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My favorite book for sure

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Incest, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Classism

Minor: Incest, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Islamophobia, Murder

lauren_shilling's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, Murder

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent

Minor: Racism

shaleen64's review against another edition

2.0

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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1 star for the ‘monsters’ story and 1 star for the underlying moral and philosophical themes. 

However, otherwise I’ve never found it so difficult to read so few pages and wouldn’t recommend this book to anyone especially those trying to get into classics.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Classism

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content

Minor: Death, Misogyny, Racism

trash_panda_reads's review against another edition

3.0

dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This is a classic that heavily influences the horror and science fiction genres to this day. Within this book I truly think there is a great story about grief, responsibility, guilt, isolation, the untamable and unknowable essence of nature, and of course what makes a monster. However, there is so much distance from the reader and story that it is hard to be truly engaged in the characters and their emotional plights. The story itself is also laden with winding off shoots and tangents that are usually tied back together at some point to the story, but are so off track that the pacing and tone of the story seems uneven. The book also has a way of forgetting some it's side characters until they are necessary to the plot, or if it is just more convenient not to address them existing in the plot. Also interspersed between the well developed themes on the human condition, there is stereotypes common of the time period of Mary Shelley and the ever annoying theme of poor people are people too, as long as they were once noble.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Racism, Classism

backitupmoony's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Murder

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Death of parent

Minor: Animal death, Incest, Racism

coolfoolmoon's review against another edition

5.0

mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Moral of the story? Don't have kids in your early 20s.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Incest, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Classism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation

themaple_dusk's review against another edition

2.0

dark mysterious slow-paced

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, Murder

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Death of parent

Minor: Incest, Racism

oceanwriter's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Reread, but also the first time reading the 1818 text. Loved it even more the second time around and it was interesting reading the first edition. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Murder

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Death of parent

Minor: Animal death, Incest, Racism