Reviews tagging 'Death'

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

502 reviews

xxx_tantewell_xxx's review against another edition

4.5

dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

Moderate: Child death, Death

Minor: Death of parent

mxine_'s review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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rip frankenstein's monster you would have loved radiohead

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Dysphoria

bronz_dan's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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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Classic story of man’s arrogance leading to doom from lack of humanity. Created a genre and is still relevant today. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Death, Incest, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Death of parent

fujiopples's review against another edition

3.0

dark mysterious sad tense fast-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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exposition is good. however, TOO much exposition is not, which is unfortunately what this book suffers from. absolutely nothing is left to the imagination. i would still suggest reading this if you haven't bc of it's importance as one of the first sci-fi novels, and if you like a lot of explanation than this book is perfect for you! 

(ps: frankenstein and clerval were kinda fruity)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Violence, Grief

Moderate: Child death, Death, Incest, Murder

Minor: Suicide

kirawantstoread's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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One of my all-time favorite novels and my first exposure to the frame narrative. Extremely tragic and much more harrowing than I was anticipating when I read this as a high school sophomore. After finishing, my favorite type of villainous character became one who was done unbelievably dirty by the protag. Kudos to 19-year-old Mary Shelley for cranking this one out. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Abandonment

starfr0g's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark mysterious 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: Child death, Stalking, Abandonment

Moderate: Death, Incest, Violence, Murder

Minor: Medical content

corneliag's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

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: Death

Moderate: Child death, Violence, Islamophobia

Minor: Animal death

janpie's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Murder

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment

Minor: Body horror

thebookwormhole's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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While the theme and subject are timeless, insightful and powerful, the style struck me as a bit dated compared to other works of the same period. 
That makes the book slightly less entertaining than I thought; despite that, I was moved by many a line and the read was certainly interesting. Do read this classic! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Child death, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Classism

shoggoth_roof's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Aunque se trata de una versión abreviada, me queda la sensación de que condensa muy bien la historia original, con su tono y trama intactos. Tiene el añadido del contexto histórico para los chavales y de las ilustraciones de Luis Miguez.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death