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challenging
dark
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A classic gothic novel about the dangers of over-reaching. Whilst I appreciate that this is a significant text, I don't warm to the writing style or characters.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Murder, Abandonment
Moderate: Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Colonisation
Minor: Death of parent
adventurous
challenging
dark
sad
tense
medium-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
This was a re-read for me. It's easy each time I encounter this book to recognize why it has become the inspiration from which countless stories and artworks have spawned. It's likely impossible to say anything new about Frankenstein. But on this reread, as an older and wiser person, I can't help but to recognize and resonate with the helpless, despairing, and angry monster. Who better to write to alienation, loneliness, the impossible standards of society and the horrors of being in a body who's shape betrays you, than a teenage girl? There was obviously something magical in the air during the stormy season that Shelley wrote this, and something magical within her to capture these existential feelings. But to ask questions that we continue to ask ourselves today, What was I made for? Am I not deserving of companionship? Why was I abandoned by my creator to the vastness of this world? How can I love and hate my parents? How far is too far in scienti ic pursuit?, is a pretty incredible feat. The interwoven narratives and perspectives were clearly demarcated in this audiobook through multiple narrators, which I felt contributed to the story and added a dynamic element to those moments that could feel like listings of European places. Gorgeous. Horrible. A classic.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racial slurs, Rape, Xenophobia
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Murder
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
medium-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
Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Murder
Moderate: Suicide
Minor: Rape