Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

423 reviews

bobbie1238's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous emotional mysterious slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death

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

bethanwx's review against another edition

3.25

challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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A classic gothic novel about the dangers of over-reaching. Whilst I appreciate that this is a significant text, I don't warm to the writing style or characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Murder, Abandonment

Moderate: Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Colonisation

Minor: Death of parent

gracescanlon's review against another edition

4.5

dark sad tense medium-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment

urmotherrr's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious 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

Moderate: Child death, Incest

mangonana's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

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: Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Violence, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence

brieflyblue's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Frankenstein is brilliant. It’s short, easier to read than many other classics, and gives the reader a lot to consider morally and ethically. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Stalking, Murder

amalas_bookstop's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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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This book was so much easier to read than I imagined it to be. It brought up so many thoughts on assumptions vs. reality and how we move based on assumptions. I am really glad I took time to read this classic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Murder

carla20's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark reflective slow-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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they sure liked to yap 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, Murder

ttorisaurus's review against another edition

3.75

dark medium-paced

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Stalking, Murder, Abandonment

Minor: Mental illness, Suicide, Death of parent, Classism