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Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

141 reviews

apocalypsearisen'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: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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hannahb303's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark mysterious 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

Read it a while ago. I thought it was actually pretty good, enjoyed that it went into a deep dive of perspectives and wrapped them all up nicely with a bow. So good!

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bokmalen10's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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znvisser's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous reflective 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

“Unfeeling, heartless creator! You had endowed me with perceptions and passions and then cast me abroad an object for the scorn and horror of mankind.” 💔

Nature was a big one in this but unfortunately all the beautiful descriptions were wasted on me, a non-lover of scenery. Therefore, I enjoyed this more for the bigger picture than the details. The creation’s story was heartbreaking and Victor deserved all the misery.

Oh and I purchased this gorgeous edition but after reading this most of the lettering has faded away. Still pretty, but I am sad about that.

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lucyelizzxo_'s review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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frank_mcdowell's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense fast-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

The first couple chapters are Walton's letters, which are honestly quite boring and difficult to get through, but once you get past them it gets really good so I would advise not giving up on it!

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asen123's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I didn’t really like the book. It felt like that second of pain when you drop a glass and you can’t catch it and are helplessly watching it shatter. Also almost all of the problems would be solved if Frankenstein made the monster pretty or at least not horrifying. I can’t really decide who is the villain of the story, which I think is the point. I dislike Victor, but it isn’t the point to absolute hatred, like I feel sympathy for him. I also feel sympathy for the monster too.

It weirded me out that he married who he called his cousin throughout the whole book. I get that she wasn’t really his cousin, but they just kept calling each other cousin even when they were engaged.

I appreciated the elements that looked at how wonderful the world and human connection is. Also if you are wanting a more detailed thing on how frankienstien made the monster, then you aren’t gonna get it here. It was glossed over quickly to get to the main point/moral of the story. It’s more of a cautionary tale than it is a story.

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