Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

55 reviews

plantdonut's review against another edition

3.5

dark reflective sad 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

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Grief

Minor: Racism, Violence, Stalking, Abandonment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail

lucinotlucy's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Abandonment

chris_reads's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark reflective 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

Graphic: Death, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Dysphoria

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Physical abuse, Violence, Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Colonisation

leapyear_reader's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-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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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Confinement, Gore, Incest, Blood, Death of parent, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Mental illness

linnylionheart's review against another edition

2.75

dark emotional mysterious 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Confinement, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment

Moderate: Mental illness, Terminal illness, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Colonisation

Minor - execution of an innocent person

rory_john14's review against another edition

2.0

challenging dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child death, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment

Moderate: Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Suicide attempt

Minor: Colonisation

ran_sophia's review

2.0

challenging dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

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After reading the book, I didn't know exactly what to think about it. There is a good style of writing and storytelling. But that's all. The characters have no development and the story is only half captivating. I didn't feel interested in the story or the characters at all. That it was supposed to be a Gothic novel, so I expected it to be scary in some way. But that was not the case at all. The story dragged on, the narration was slow, and at times it seemed to be stuck.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Hate crime, Incest, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Murder, Toxic friendship

Minor: Child death, Gun violence, Colonisation

chubbypug21's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense

Plot or Character Driven: Character

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

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Medical content, Grief

dig2deep's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I have to read paradise lost now

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Grief, Murder

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent

Minor: Animal death, Racism

flamesocks's review against another edition

5.0

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Injury/Injury detail