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challenging
dark
tense
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Grief, Murder
Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment
Minor: Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail
dark
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It was immensely interesting to read this classic for the first time, with only pop-culture levels of knowledge about it. And let me tell you I had some misconceptions!
I was also surprisingly hooked by this book that was written two centuries ago, in a way I wasn't expecting. I enjoyed my read a lot and it brought a lot of very interesting thoughts and questions from a literature point of view.
I was surprised (no lightning ! He just *abandons* his creature minute one ! The monsters talks so politely! Surprising number of murders and trials! ), angry (Victor Frankenstein is such an irresponsible, self-centred man, and I say man in the derogatory, gender way ) and pensive all along (so much to say about the meaning, the responsibility of creating life, the fathers not caring about their children after their birth, the well-meaning madness of the scientist, the horror in the eyes of the scientist and man that's maybe reflection his own self-loathing, fear only bringing hatred and hatred being end endless cycle of misery, and the link to nature. ).
As I'm not from an english-speaking country, this book never was in any of my curriculums, so it was a genuine total discovery and it was very enjoyable!
I was also surprisingly hooked by this book that was written two centuries ago, in a way I wasn't expecting. I enjoyed my read a lot and it brought a lot of very interesting thoughts and questions from a literature point of view.
I was surprised (
As I'm not from an english-speaking country, this book never was in any of my curriculums, so it was a genuine total discovery and it was very enjoyable!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Abandonment
adventurous
challenging
dark
reflective
tense
fast-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
This is one of my favorite novels, one I've read at least 4 times.
The questions posed in the story of morality, right and wrong, justice, and duty are left for the reader to think about. What makes a monster and what makes a man? What is the cost of vengeance?
Some classics deserve to be timeless and this is one of them.
The questions posed in the story of morality, right and wrong, justice, and duty are left for the reader to think about. What makes a monster and what makes a man? What is the cost of vengeance?
Some classics deserve to be timeless and this is one of them.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child death, Murder
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder
challenging
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Murder
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
Loveable characters:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Murder
Minor: Incest
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Ok. 1, Mary Shelley was depressed as fuck. 2, This is literally my favourite book of all time. It changed my fucking life and me as a person. I love it so much I could go on for hours, and I have. 3, The monster is perfect and everything is Victors fault all the time always. His name is Victor BITCH Frankenstein because he is a bitch.
100000000000000000/10. Genuinely so fucking incredible.
100000000000000000/10. Genuinely so fucking incredible.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Incest
Minor: Suicide
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
fast-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
Content Warnings
Minor: Child death, Death
dark
emotional
mysterious
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:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Murder
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Grief, Death of parent
Minor: Animal death, Body shaming, Incest, Racism, Abandonment
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Frankenstein is compelling, dark, and wrought with devastation. I don’t usually read horror/dark stories, so my review is from the perspective of someone who is crossing genres. I was curious about this, as it’s one of the most prominent stories in pop-culture of all time. After reading, it is clear why. The philosophical themes of life, debt of creation, loneliness, and misery all uphold the horrific elements. It is a story that feels familiar and realistic in an eerie way. I found myself passionately invested, and parts of the novel had me turning pages as fast as I could, eager to see what happened next.
Contrary to that, I found much of the novel to be dense, hard to navigate, and incredibly slow. I required a dictionary at my side that I used nearly every page, as the meanings and popularity of words have changed drastically in the last 200 years. This, while challenging, is not what made the novel feel slow. The novel takes its time setting everything up, which in my opinion unfortunately dragged the rating down. I understand why this set up was required for the story-especially after reading the hauntingly coincidental story of Mary Shelley’s life-but I feel the first 1/3 of the novel dictating Victors life could have been shortened. I sympathized with the monster far more than Victor Frankenstein, and perhaps that’s why I feel this way.
The version I read included some fascinating insights into how the book was received and how it became a sensation. My favorite thing about classical literature is learning the stories around it, and this book, as well as Mary Shelley, have an intriguing history.
The most compelling and heart wrenching parts of the story for me were the monsters recount of his experiences, victors moments of passionate action-for better or worse-, and the finale of the novel. I was extremely pleased with the ending. I feel it suited the melancholy and complex nuance of the novel perfectly.
All in all, I am glad to have read this. And I’ve learned to steer clear from dark horror, as it doesn’t intrigue me as a genre.
Contrary to that, I found much of the novel to be dense, hard to navigate, and incredibly slow. I required a dictionary at my side that I used nearly every page, as the meanings and popularity of words have changed drastically in the last 200 years. This, while challenging, is not what made the novel feel slow. The novel takes its time setting everything up, which in my opinion unfortunately dragged the rating down. I understand why this set up was required for the story-especially after reading the hauntingly coincidental story of Mary Shelley’s life-but I feel the first 1/3 of the novel dictating Victors life could have been shortened. I sympathized with the monster far more than Victor Frankenstein, and perhaps that’s why I feel this way.
The version I read included some fascinating insights into how the book was received and how it became a sensation. My favorite thing about classical literature is learning the stories around it, and this book, as well as Mary Shelley, have an intriguing history.
The most compelling and heart wrenching parts of the story for me were the monsters recount of his experiences, victors moments of passionate action-for better or worse-, and the finale of the novel. I was extremely pleased with the ending. I feel it suited the melancholy and complex nuance of the novel perfectly.
All in all, I am glad to have read this. And I’ve learned to steer clear from dark horror, as it doesn’t intrigue me as a genre.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment
Minor: Incest, Suicide, Suicide attempt
The book is very dark and heavy. The characters experience a lot of grief and horrific events. The incest is minor, as it was altered by the author to be between adoptive siblings, but originally the characters were blood cousins.