Reviews tagging 'Incest'

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

141 reviews

oomaymayoo's review against another edition

2.75

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, Murder

Minor: Incest, Stalking

jillian_mon's review against another edition

2.75

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Quite literally I dislike the way this book was written. Needless to say, Shelly wrote this beautifully, the language is so compact and she manages to describe so much within a single sentence. I found the plot engaging, Frankenstien hateful, and the monster a product of the greed of knowledge and power. We had a great climax and point of no return when you know who gets axed, but it is only until after that point did the story stop dragging. It felt like an uphill climb of 160 pages which took me 5 days to get through for this book to finally allow me to read with fervor and excitement. I wanted to know what happened but I must say it took way to long to get there. I would have DNF this book if it wasn’t for school. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence

Moderate: Incest

Minor: Addiction

bebidocrimes's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-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

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I remembered enjoying this in high school, but now I simply will never stop thinking about how much I love this story. My brain won't let it go, it's like I'm gnawing on a bone. It's about the loneliness of every kind of ostracization, it's about spurning God, it's about not learning your lesson even after facing every consequence, it's about hating your dad, it's about nature versus nurture, it's about being human yet inhuman. I can't wait to reread and do full annotations.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment

Minor: Animal death, Incest, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Colonisation, Classism

vampyr's review against another edition

4.0

dark reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I could make victor frankenstein worse <3 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Incest

hollieindisguise's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Incest, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment

akane_reads's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Gore, Incest, Suicide, Blood, Stalking

Minor: Animal death

rat_king6767's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-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: Incest, Grief

Moderate: Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Violence

Minor: Child death, Death of parent

refrejarator's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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A classic famous for the creation of the sci-fi genre. It uses strong religious imagery to paint a picture of humanity and what distinguishes humans from "daemons" and higher powers. Seamlessly blends science, philosophy, and creationism. Although the gruesome deeds and persons lack greater detail, the light description allows the imagination to fill in the horrific blanks. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Murder

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Incest, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Deportation

nere's review against another edition

5.0

dark reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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wednesday, june 7, 2023
feels it’s a little ridiculous to be like: this is Good. does anyone know? are people aware of this? this book about the creation of human life?… that pioneered Science Fiction as a genre?.. its commenting on the morality behind creation for creations sake. and the responsibility associated with bringing forth life against its will? .. but it IS! AH the pitfalls of man’s hubris to play god!

“You throw a torch into a pile of buildings, and when they are consumed you sit among the ruins, and lament the fall.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Incest, Mental illness, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Abandonment

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

pizzaisjesus98's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

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: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Stalking, Abandonment, Dysphoria

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child death, Chronic illness, Self harm, Terminal illness, Violence, Xenophobia, Medical content, Gaslighting, Classism

Minor: Animal death, Incest, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail