Reviews tagging 'Death'

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

502 reviews

egganimates's review against another edition

3.0

dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Grief

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Death, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder

Minor: Incest, Medical content, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail

theswedess's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional tense

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“Of what a strange nature is knowledge! It clings to the mind, when it has once seized on it, like a lichen on the rock. I wished sometimes to shake off all thought and feeling; but I learned that there was but one means to overcome the sensation of pain, and that was death—a state which I feared yet did not understand.”

“Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.”

“How I have lived I hardly know; many times have I stretched my failing limbs upon the sandy plain, and prayed for death. But revenge kept me alive; I dared not die, and leave my adversary in being.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

adelac's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Death of parent, Murder

typedtruths's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional reflective 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Grief

Moderate: Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Stalking, Murder

Minor: Animal death, Body horror

blahhsum's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I don’t feel the need to say too much because we are all aware of this story, however, i wasn’t truly aware of just how deeply it would move me. This was one of the most beautifully tragic books I’ve read to date, and may have just pushed The Picture of Dorian Gray out of its first place position of literature in my heart. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Death, Murder

mimidelrey's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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really enjoyed, truly terrifying, Gothic, and great use of Romantic themes. Love the Frankenstein and Prometheus parallels. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Classism

Moderate: Incest, Forced institutionalization, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship

Minor: Misogyny, Sexism, Torture

bookishlucy's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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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I absolutely loved this book! I really enjoyed the way it was told. The letters to Waldman's sister really set the tone for the rest of the book and I loved how it pulled the story together at the start and the end. I'm glad we got to see the perspective of Frankenstein's creature but I was really looking forward to seeing the process of creating it. It makes perfect sense in the way the story is told why Victor won't disclose his process but I was still hoping we'd get some details.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Murder, Abandonment

Moderate: Death, Incest, Mental illness

Minor: Death of parent

izzygreads's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark mysterious sad slow-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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Violence, Murder, Abandonment

ankan_tove's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark mysterious sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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My favorite book for sure

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Incest, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Classism

Minor: Incest, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Islamophobia, Murder

anya_ch's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark emotional sad medium-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder