Reviews tagging 'Death'

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

504 reviews

ladybug12793's review against another edition

3.0

dark sad slow-paced

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: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Stalking, Murder, Dysphoria

Moderate: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Dysphoria

aguss10's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Violence, Murder

Minor: Incest

shaleen64's review against another edition

2.0

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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1 star for the ‘monsters’ story and 1 star for the underlying moral and philosophical themes. 

However, otherwise I’ve never found it so difficult to read so few pages and wouldn’t recommend this book to anyone especially those trying to get into classics.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Classism

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content

Minor: Death, Misogyny, Racism

sienna1508's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional 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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Out of all the books I've studied for Literature class at school, this has to be one of my favourites and most memorable. This story is a classic and so iconic for many reasons, which is why I would recommend to someone looking to delve into more meaningful literature. Even with a contemporary mindset, there are still many avenues of differing ideas to explore! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Abandonment

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

kalestarr's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense 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: Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Incest, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Abandonment

Moderate: Violence, Murder

_viola__'s review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense slow-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

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Murder

bridgedee's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Not a single film adaptation of this book has struck me the way Shelley's language and lush imagery managed to do. I really liked this. I finished this book back in March and was lucky enough to take a really amazing interdisciplinary course that traced the impact of Shelley's work through the centuries and what an impact it was! Can't wait to re-read this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Grief, Murder, Abandonment

chloeam3103's review against another edition

4.75

dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death of parent

_strawbrr_'s review against another edition

3.25

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence

backitupmoony's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Murder

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Death of parent

Minor: Animal death, Incest, Racism