Reviews tagging 'Death'

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

470 reviews

euhfubeuh's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a tale of corruption, lonesomeness, and terror. Dr. Frankenstein learns how his own actions to satisfy his loneliness may come back to haunt him, and Frankenstein’s monster is born with a fresh moral slate but the disadvantage of ugliness and the victim of prejudice. This story exhibits the effects of a bigoted society on one’s moral values, and how one lonely scientist takes things too far.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Murder

Minor: Religious bigotry

abby_can_read's review against another edition

3.0

dark mysterious 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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This book was fine. It was a struggle at times. I liked the narrators. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Murder

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Death of parent

Minor: Animal death, Incest, Racism

toksoplazmozy's review against another edition

5.0

dark reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Death, Incest, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Death of parent, Murder

julells's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad 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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Ein ewiger, poetisch umschriebener Wettkampf, wer am meisten leidet und wessen Schuld es ist.
Ein absolutes Muss für alle, die Klassiker lieben, für alle anderen wahrscheinlich etwas anstrengend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Grief, Death of parent, Murder

obi_wan_kenobook's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Die Idee: ja!
Stilistische Umsetzung: Nicht 100% überzeugend.
Ohne Interesse daran herauszufinden, warum dies ein Klassiker ist, hätte ich es wahrscheinlich nicht fertig gelesen.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Violence, Murder

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent

jewels_pg's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional reflective sad 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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A good book for a dark and stormy night, however if you are reading this because you love the movies, I would suggest reading something else.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Death of parent

Minor: Racial slurs

riverofhorton's review against another edition

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I decided to DNF this particular version simply because I discovered this to be the heavily edited 1831 version, and I would rather read the original 1818 version.

That said, I was enjoying it up to that discovery and as such will be purchasing and reading a copy of the 1818 text at some point in the future.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexism, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

c_alexander's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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 shaming, Death, Violence, Grief, Murder, Abandonment

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Medical content

Minor: Confinement, Death of parent

mr_d8a's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Fascinating concept. The language of the story is very high society and somewhat to flowery for a reader some 200 years removed. If there were a translation that was more readable it might be better. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, Classism

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Death of parent

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

tsumugiaoba's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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this is still so good 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death