Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

71 reviews

kiwichill's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

niles_reads's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense fast-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

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I hate the author, I hate the book, I hate the fact I know how to read, I hate that I relate to the monster so much, I hate the ending, I HATE Victor Frankenstein and every other human in the book!

This book shattered me in ways I didn't think were possible. Waterfalls after waterfalls fell from my eyes. My heart squeezed with sadness and cried out in despair when I read the last sentence!
After everything the monster went through, to let the story end with that, is a sin itself.

Shame on you, Mrs. Shelley! I hope you're satisfied with the despair you caused!

Also, the story's gay as hell.

4.99 stars, since I won't forgive her for the ending…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Incest, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

samcsmith's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

merita29's review against another edition

4.25

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Injury/Injury detail

reallife_kazbrekker's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: Complicated

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I can't believe I finally found another classic I love besides The Picture of Dorian Grey, this was so unexpected!

I absolutely loved the writing, the beauty of it definitely made up for how confusing the story got sometimes... But yeah I really loved the writing, it's some of the best writing I have read in a while!

Not usually a big fan of classics, eventho I read quite a decent amount of them, but I highly recommend this one!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying

lucyelizzxo_'s review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

aceofcryptids's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Honestly I liked this version a lot better than the various abridged versions I’ve read in the past. I have a lot more thoughts but they are hard to put into words.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

asen123's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-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

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I didn’t really like the book. It felt like that second of pain when you drop a glass and you can’t catch it and are helplessly watching it shatter. Also almost all of the problems would be solved if Frankenstein made the monster pretty or at least not horrifying. I can’t really decide who is the villain of the story, which I think is the point. I dislike Victor, but it isn’t the point to absolute hatred, like I feel sympathy for him. I also feel sympathy for the monster too.

It weirded me out that he married who he called his cousin throughout the whole book. I get that she wasn’t really his cousin, but they just kept calling each other cousin even when they were engaged.

I appreciated the elements that looked at how wonderful the world and human connection is. Also if you are wanting a more detailed thing on how frankienstien made the monster, then you aren’t gonna get it here. It was glossed over quickly to get to the main point/moral of the story. It’s more of a cautionary tale than it is a story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Murder

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Incest, Xenophobia, Islamophobia

i_hate_grrr's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

attie777's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Hate crime, Mental illness, Blood, Islamophobia, Grief, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail