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mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
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Character
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Yes
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Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Murder
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Death of parent
Minor: Animal death, Incest, Racism
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emotional
inspiring
reflective
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fast-paced
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No
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No
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I hate the author, I hate the book, I hate the fact I know how to read, I hate that I relate to the monster so much, I hate the ending, I HATE Victor Frankenstein and every other human in the book!
This book shattered me in ways I didn't think were possible. Waterfalls after waterfalls fell from my eyes. My heart squeezed with sadness and cried out in despair when I read the last sentence!
After everything the monster went through, to let the story end with that, is a sin itself.
Shame on you, Mrs. Shelley! I hope you're satisfied with the despair you caused!
Also, the story's gay as hell.
4.99 stars, since I won't forgive her for the ending…
This book shattered me in ways I didn't think were possible. Waterfalls after waterfalls fell from my eyes. My heart squeezed with sadness and cried out in despair when I read the last sentence!
After everything the monster went through, to let the story end with that, is a sin itself.
Shame on you, Mrs. Shelley! I hope you're satisfied with the despair you caused!
Also, the story's gay as hell.
4.99 stars, since I won't forgive her for the ending…
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Incest, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail
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Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Murder
Minor: Incest
dark
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Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Incest
Minor: Suicide
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Este clásico de la literatura gótica nos presenta un dilema que ha existido desde tiempos inmemoriales y que nos cuestionamos constantemente: ¿Acaso la humanidad cuenta con una inocencia innata o está en nuestro código genético ser destructivos?
En este caso, el libro, al estar dividido en dos narradores, nos presenta dos visiones diferentes: una, la del monstruo marginado, y la otra, la de Víctor como el creador. Por un lado, la respuesta de Víctor sobre el dilema acerca de la naturaleza humana es que la criatura fue malvada desde su misma concepción. Por otro lado, la del monstruo es una mirada más triste y solitaria; la de un ser tan grande y tan pequeño a la vez que, al ser abandonado en un mundo lleno de prejuicios y maldad, sucumbe a sus oscuros deseos de venganza.
Dudo que la causa de la desgraciada vida de Víctor y su mayor error haya sido crear al monstruo en busca de conocimiento y avance, sino abandonarlo a su suerte en un arranque de egoísmo, ya que, como el mismo monstruo lo dice, él estaba destinado al amor y la comprensión.
En este caso, el libro, al estar dividido en dos narradores, nos presenta dos visiones diferentes: una, la del monstruo marginado, y la otra, la de Víctor como el creador. Por un lado, la respuesta de Víctor sobre el dilema acerca de la naturaleza humana es que la criatura fue malvada desde su misma concepción. Por otro lado, la del monstruo es una mirada más triste y solitaria; la de un ser tan grande y tan pequeño a la vez que, al ser abandonado en un mundo lleno de prejuicios y maldad, sucumbe a sus oscuros deseos de venganza.
Dudo que la causa de la desgraciada vida de Víctor y su mayor error haya sido crear al monstruo en busca de conocimiento y avance, sino abandonarlo a su suerte en un arranque de egoísmo, ya que, como el mismo monstruo lo dice, él estaba destinado al amor y la comprensión.
"Mi corazón estaba hecho para el amor y la comprensión; y, cuando las desgracias me empujaron hacia la maldad y el odio, no soporté la violencia del cambio sin un sufrimiento tal que usted sería incapaz de imaginar."
Alejándonos de una mirada fantasiosa o de ciencia ficción, podríamos ver a este monstruo no como un individuo, sino como una extensión de Victor Frankenstein, la sombra que refleja sus más grandes y primitivos pensamientos, como él se percibe a sí mismo. Es aquella sombra del yo, la cuál Carl Jung nos presenta en el mapa del alma. Un ser que lo atormenta no solo al momento de completar y abandonar su creación, sino también durante toda su travesía, al huir de una maldición a la que él mismo se condenó.
El odio de un hombre siempre se concentra en aquello que le hace consciente de sus malas cualidades.
- Carl G. Jung
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder
Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Incest, Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Addiction, Animal cruelty
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Character
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No
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No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Injury/Injury detail
dark
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No
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Yes
and the worst father of the year award goes to…!
yeah so i think i would have rated this 5 stars if not for the incest. unfortunately it did get extremely distracting, especially during the last bit of the book (he legit would talk about elizabeth being his cousin/sister in every other fucking sentence). frankenstein’s monster had the best chapters, his account & ending monologue were great. i loved the themes and unreliable narration.
yeah so i think i would have rated this 5 stars if not for the incest. unfortunately it did get extremely distracting, especially during the last bit of the book (he legit would talk about elizabeth being his cousin/sister in every other fucking sentence). frankenstein’s monster had the best chapters, his account & ending monologue were great. i loved the themes and unreliable narration.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child death, Death, Incest, Grief, Murder
Minor: Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Abandonment, Colonisation
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
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child death, Death, Incest, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Death of parent
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Murder
Moderate: Incest
dark
reflective
medium-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
this was my second try reading this- the first was when i was 12/13, i quit before i was halfway through the first volume because it was boring- let it be said that my taste was questionable as fuck at that time. WOW. this was my first classic since leaving school so i decided to track some themes while reading, loved that. and the prose? had me consistently sitting back, taking a breath, and rereading
the characters were SO compelling- how their vices were proven to be virtues to them, and how their virtues were eventually vices too. dr frank and i have beef, the similarities he had to the creature were blatantly ignoredor even edited out since walton mentioned frankenstein’s editing of his account of the story (typical) . the immediate and consistent isolation and violent scorn of the creature was heartbreaking. both frankenstein and his son (BECAUSE THAT IS HIS SON FIGHT ME) are wretches by the end, and placing blame on either exclusively is the trap they fell into so i wont either.
the characters were SO compelling- how their vices were proven to be virtues to them, and how their virtues were eventually vices too. dr frank and i have beef, the similarities he had to the creature were blatantly ignored
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child death, Death, Incest, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment