Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

421 reviews

gxuosi's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

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oh to become wretched at the hands of your own maker, in the absence of affection, and in the continued excommunication from anyone else

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Abandonment

Moderate: Child death, Murder

Minor: Animal death, Confinement, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Colonisation, Classism, Pandemic/Epidemic

hooraeitsmeme's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder

znvisser's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous reflective sad 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

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“Unfeeling, heartless creator! You had endowed me with perceptions and passions and then cast me abroad an object for the scorn and horror of mankind.” 💔

Nature was a big one in this but unfortunately all the beautiful descriptions were wasted on me, a non-lover of scenery. Therefore, I enjoyed this more for the bigger picture than the details. The creation’s story was heartbreaking and Victor deserved all the misery.

Oh and I purchased this gorgeous edition but after reading this most of the lettering has faded away. Still pretty, but I am sad about that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Murder, Abandonment

Moderate: Animal death, Incest, Suicide, Islamophobia, Death of parent

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

frank_mcdowell's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense fast-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

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The first couple chapters are Walton's letters, which are honestly quite boring and difficult to get through, but once you get past them it gets really good so I would advise not giving up on it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Grief

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Incest, Misogyny, Classism

abbylechat's review against another edition

2.0

dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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VERY slow start up. No real action until Chapter 4. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death

pinoke's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Murder

Minor: Death of parent

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

mwell2818's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark tense fast-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

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“It’s Pronounced Fronkensteen.” Good novel. Was surprised by the plot. The syntax was a bit old timey and harder to read but not bad. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death

kayskates's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional sad slow-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Murder

Moderate: Gore, Incest, Violence, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Classism

Minor: Body horror, Suicide attempt