Reviews tagging 'Death'

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

505 reviews

caitlink's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Murder

gracescanlon's review against another edition

4.5

dark sad tense medium-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment

biobeetle's review against another edition

2.5

dark reflective tense 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Murder

ekgranstro's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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: Ableism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

mangonana's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Violence, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence

seforaflorian's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

brieflyblue's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Frankenstein is brilliant. It’s short, easier to read than many other classics, and gives the reader a lot to consider morally and ethically. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Stalking, Murder

carla20's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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they sure liked to yap 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, Murder

clare072's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Murder

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail

welgan's review against another edition

4.0

dark reflective 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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It was immensely interesting to read this classic for the first time, with only pop-culture levels of knowledge about it. And let me tell you I had some misconceptions!
I was also surprisingly hooked by this book that was written two centuries ago, in a way I wasn't expecting. I enjoyed my read a lot and it brought a lot of very interesting thoughts and questions from a literature point of view.
I was surprised (

no lightning ! He just *abandons* his creature minute one ! The monsters talks so politely! Surprising number of murders and trials!

), angry (

Victor Frankenstein is such an irresponsible, self-centred man, and I say man in the derogatory, gender way

) and pensive all along (

so much to say about the meaning, the responsibility of creating life, the fathers not caring about their children after their birth, the well-meaning madness of the scientist, the horror in the eyes of the scientist and man that's maybe reflection his own self-loathing, fear only bringing hatred and hatred being end endless cycle of misery, and the link to nature.

).
As I'm not from an english-speaking country, this book never was in any of my curriculums, so it was a genuine total discovery and it was very enjoyable!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Abandonment