Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

62 reviews

fefter_'s review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Slavery, Violence, Blood

books_because_why_not's review against another edition

4.25

dark reflective sad slow-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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Blood, Murder

maysonia's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Abandonment

Moderate: Chronic illness, Gore, Grief, Stalking

Minor: Child death, Incest

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

mimidelrey's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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really enjoyed, truly terrifying, Gothic, and great use of Romantic themes. Love the Frankenstein and Prometheus parallels. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Classism

Moderate: Incest, Forced institutionalization, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship

Minor: Misogyny, Sexism, Torture

floweryreadss's review against another edition

3.0

dark sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Didn’t really enjoy it! Too much world description but did enjoy the story itself.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore

littleyorkshirepudding's review against another edition

5.0

dark reflective 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, Gore, Medical content, Medical trauma, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail

snowiceblackfruit77's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional sad 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: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Gore, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment

_viola__'s review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Murder