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adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-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: Body horror
Moderate: Death, Genocide
Minor: Child death, Injury/Injury detail
dark
emotional
reflective
slow-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
For having to read this as a school assignment, I didn't think I was going to enjoy it as much as I did. Frankenstein truly is a classic read for those wanting to question what it really means to be human. This book also dove into various different themes that were somewhat radical for the time, including the criticizing of the justice system.
For the time period it was written in, it was very hard to read at times. There were times that I had to take breaks in reading because I couldn't handle reading the old English any more. There are also times that the story just seems to drag on and on; I would feel like I read 5 pages when I'd really only read 2. It was definitley a huge mental olympic game trying to finish that book, especially because I primarily read it at night time.
Beyond this, I did really enjoy most of the characters. I was surprised when I reached the point in whichthe Creature began speaking. Popular movie adapations seem to skip this- I enjoyed how it added more perspective to the story and explored the humanity of the Creature even though he wasn't truly a human at all . I thought that there was some good character development from some characters throughout the story. However, both Victor and the Creature were lacking in development to me. It seemed like they both just got worse the more I read. I'm all for morally gray characters, but this seemed a little too over the top at some times. Especially when Victor dies... The Creature did not need to do all that. There was absolutely no sympathy from me in that moment .
For the time period it was written in, it was very hard to read at times. There were times that I had to take breaks in reading because I couldn't handle reading the old English any more. There are also times that the story just seems to drag on and on; I would feel like I read 5 pages when I'd really only read 2. It was definitley a huge mental olympic game trying to finish that book, especially because I primarily read it at night time.
Beyond this, I did really enjoy most of the characters. I was surprised when I reached the point in which
TLDR; it was a really great book that explored the complexities of humanity and there were some really great characters that were generally loveable
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Abandonment, Classism
Moderate: Death, Incest, Murder
Minor: Drug use, Fire/Fire injury
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
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
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Murder
adventurous
dark
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Incest, Sexism, Murder
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Abandonment
Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Incest, Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Death of parent
mysterious
reflective
sad
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, Death of parent, Murder
Minor: Suicide
challenging
dark
emotional
inspiring
reflective
tense
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
Main character was insufferable. (He's just like me)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder
Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Incest, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Misogyny, Fire/Fire injury
Depending on which edition of the book you have, there may or may not be incest. Mary Shelley edited the 1831 edition to work around the incest, but two characters still call each other "cousin" as a friendly term.
I picked "medical trama" because there wasn't a tag for "I created a monster and now I can't use the medical instruments without feeling immense guilt." I also chose "panic attacks" because I think that's what was going on with Victor for most of the book; they just didn't have that terminology in the 1800s.
Period-Typical Misogyny; if you read classics often, I don't think it'll affect you much.
Towards the end of the book, Victor begins having serious suicidal thoughts, and his sickness leads to his death. At the end of the book, the creature actually does vow to kill himself with fire out of guilt of how his actions affected Victor.
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I have wanted to read this book for so so long, and I was happy to read it. But it was not my cup of tea sadly. I was confused and didn’t follow that well. It’s been allot going on so I had to read the book in two days which was bad and stressful.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Mental illness, Grief
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
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
When I picked up this copy of Frankenstein at a thrift shop, I didn’t realize it was an annotated version. I mostly focused on the original story but was pleased to have contexts, other works, and explanations throughout.
The story of Frankenstein was not what I expected (popular culture has truly butchered it) and it was truly hard to get through, but worth it.
The story of Frankenstein was not what I expected (popular culture has truly butchered it) and it was truly hard to get through, but worth it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Grief
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Abandonment