Reviews tagging 'Death'

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

470 reviews

timmytunter's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

chale19's review against another edition

3.75

dark sad tense 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Death, Suicide, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Incest

anastaziamie's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective 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: Death, Incest, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment

Moderate: Child death, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury

hayreading's review against another edition

4.5

challenging reflective slow-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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A horror and existential classic. Mary Shelly did such an excellent job, though the pacing was frequently brought down by the inner monolgues of all three "narrators" within the story.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Death of parent

paradicsomleves's review against another edition

4.75

dark mysterious reflective sad 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: Child death, Death, Murder

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Violence

jjuliana's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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made me think

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

doriandelioncourt's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, Classism

pbella3's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

venusdapoopiehead's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional sad 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

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so where do i start? the detailed and vivid writing, the overarching theme of the dangers of having a god complex and thinking you can bend nature to its will, as well as the relatability of frankenstein’s creature and how his experiences and the way he’s treated is a sharp critique to how our society operates……are all what i think ultimately makes this one of the best classics ever. at first i didn’t really get the whole frankenstein hype, and now i do, i can absolutely see why this is loved by so many, including me bc i devoured this like a starving victorian child on thanksgiving day. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Murder

Moderate: Incest, Suicide

rileyyy02's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Mary Shelley is my ancestor! I read this book when I was younger so it felt slow at the time but it’s a good story about humanity

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Abandonment

Minor: Body horror, Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Injury/Injury detail