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Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

423 reviews

eveenala's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This is my absolute favorite classic horror story. Mary Shelley came up with a beautifully complicated story that just keeps giving you hope and breaking your heart. It’s wonderfully written.

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backitupmoony's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

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bluezephor's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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kayleigha's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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ac_52's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

For having to read this as a school assignment, I didn't think I was going to enjoy it as much as I did. Frankenstein truly is a classic read for those wanting to question what it really means to be human. This book also dove into various different themes that were somewhat radical for the time, including the criticizing of the justice system.

For the time period it was written in, it was very hard to read at times. There were times that I had to take breaks in reading because I couldn't handle reading the old English any more. There are also times that the story just seems to drag on and on; I would feel like I read 5 pages when I'd really only read 2. It was definitley a huge mental olympic game trying to finish that book, especially because I primarily read it at night time.

Beyond this, I did really enjoy most of the characters. I was surprised when I reached the point in which

the Creature began speaking. Popular movie adapations seem to skip this- I enjoyed how it added more perspective to the story and explored the humanity of the Creature even though he wasn't truly a human at all

. I thought that there was some good character development from some characters throughout the story.

However, both Victor and the Creature were lacking in development to me. It seemed like they both just got worse the more I read. I'm all for morally gray characters, but this seemed a little too over the top at some times. Especially when Victor dies... The Creature did not need to do all that. There was absolutely no sympathy from me in that moment

TLDR; it was a really great book that explored the complexities of humanity and there were some really great characters that were generally loveable

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christinewonder's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-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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sharkbooiii766's review against another edition

2.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

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fakeredshoes's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This is my favourite book ever, and I hate Victor Frankenstein I hope he never had a day of quiet and rest on his pathetic little life. He should have been gay. Henry deserved better. The saddest part of this book is when The Monster learns to speak french, of all languages he decided to start with that one.

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