Reviews tagging 'Incest'

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

141 reviews

carnivalchimera's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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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One of my favorite reads!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Child death, Death, Incest, Terminal illness, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Abandonment

k1313's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous challenging dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Incest, Death of parent, Murder

Minor: Drug use, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

rapplatt's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional sad

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Incest, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment

kelisabeth's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail

alphabetmafiamember's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark mysterious 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: Child death, Death, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Murder, Abandonment

Moderate: Incest, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury

amissabellator's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment

Moderate: Addiction, Confinement, Gun violence, Hate crime, Incest, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Colonisation, Classism

Minor: Animal death, Homophobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

cassie12_21's review against another edition

2.25

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More incest than I particularly like in my fiction. 

Forced to read this for class. I don’t like classics. I hate Victor. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest, Suicide, Murder

sammy_nor's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional reflective

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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i would’ve enjoyed it more if i hadn’t read it for school and if it wasn’t incest involved 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest

amanda_bristol's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark mysterious 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: Child death, Death, Death of parent

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Violence

Minor: Incest

hallie_iv's review against another edition

3.5

dark reflective slow-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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Came into the book with a lot of preconceived notions but realized the source material was much different. Reading the book through a more feminist lens was much more “enjoyable ” for me probably because I could relate to it more. It has a very “look away from the explosion” type of writing style. Where many major plot points and acts of horror either happen off page or are almost glossed over.  It makes sense that it’s how Victor would relate the story but as a reader I found myself missing the dirty details. There was also an odd pattern of miserable and unending despair and then Victor would get a little happier and then more despair. Much page space was dedicated to what emotions Victor was dealing with and not necessarily what was going on around him. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Incest, Terminal illness, Murder