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adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I absolutely loved this book! I really enjoyed the way it was told. The letters to Waldman's sister really set the tone for the rest of the book and I loved how it pulled the story together at the start and the end. I'm glad we got to see the perspective of Frankenstein's creature but I was really looking forward to seeing the process of creating it. It makes perfect sense in the way the story is told why Victor won't disclose his process but I was still hoping we'd get some details.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Murder, Abandonment
Moderate: Death, Incest, Mental illness
Minor: Death of parent
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
My favorite book for sure
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
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
tense
slow-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
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child death
dark
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Didn’t really enjoy it! Too much world description but did enjoy the story itself.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore
challenging
dark
slow-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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Incest
Moderate: Murder
Minor: Child death
challenging
dark
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment
Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Confinement, Gun violence, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, Murder
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent
Minor: Racism
dark
mysterious
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence
Moderate: Classism
adventurous
dark
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Liked this book very much, I knew it was different from how it it's presented in pop culture. But it was even more different than expected. And it was better than expected.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Xenophobia
Moderate: Child death
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
First, i admit I only read the 1818 edition.
The story is an interesting premise, to be sure, but I’m pretty sure I could find something to dislike about literally every character. Victor, of course, is just a selfish and whiny rich boy and all his friends and family indulge him way too much. The monster’s story is very interesting and you can sympathize with him to an extent, but he’s still done unforgivable things. At the end of the story, Walton says it best: “Hypocritical fiend!” That’s what the monster is. He’s really eloquent and interesting, though, so a wonderful read. At least, his parts are. Other parts of the story are a slog. Pages of Victor bemoaning the consequences of his own actions and pages of entirely unneeded traveling descriptions.
Also, the bonus chapter by C. T. Francis (could not figure out who that was) that this edition has? What… What was up with that? It was such a jarring shift. I was incredulous reading that “What-if” epilogue. Thank goodness that isn’t canon. Oh, also, Francis seems to have forgotten the fact that the monster burned down the cottage but that’s really secondary to SANTA
The story is an interesting premise, to be sure, but I’m pretty sure I could find something to dislike about literally every character. Victor, of course, is just a selfish and whiny rich boy and all his friends and family indulge him way too much. The monster’s story is very interesting and you can sympathize with him to an extent, but he’s still done unforgivable things. At the end of the story, Walton says it best: “Hypocritical fiend!” That’s what the monster is. He’s really eloquent and interesting, though, so a wonderful read. At least, his parts are. Other parts of the story are a slog. Pages of Victor bemoaning the consequences of his own actions and pages of entirely unneeded traveling descriptions.
Also, the bonus chapter by C. T. Francis (could not figure out who that was) that this edition has? What… What was up with that? It was such a jarring shift. I was incredulous reading that “What-if” epilogue. Thank goodness that isn’t canon. Oh, also, Francis seems to have forgotten the fact that the monster burned down the cottage but that’s really secondary to SANTA
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Murder, Abandonment
Minor: Death of parent