Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

72 reviews

missdaniellexo's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Grief

Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Drug use, Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent

jhobbs2020's review against another edition

3.75

dark mysterious reflective 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, Murder

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Death of parent

Minor: Animal death, Incest, Racism

galindokait's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Murder, Abandonment

Moderate: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Death of parent

Minor: Animal death, Confinement, Gun violence, Abortion

breadrollkol's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I love this book to bits. I see why it’s a classic, it keeps aging like the finest of wines. And as time progresses, I’m sure this book will still hold up 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Murder

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death of parent

gxuosi's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-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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oh to become wretched at the hands of your own maker, in the absence of affection, and in the continued excommunication from anyone else

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Abandonment

Moderate: Child death, Murder

Minor: Animal death, Confinement, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Colonisation, Classism, Pandemic/Epidemic

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

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“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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Murder, Abandonment

Moderate: Animal death, Incest, Suicide, Islamophobia, Death of parent

aceofcryptids's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Honestly I liked this version a lot better than the various abridged versions I’ve read in the past. I have a lot more thoughts but they are hard to put into words.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

i_hate_grrr's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

jakweez's review against another edition

2.25

dark slow-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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Murder

Minor: Animal death

asparagusfern's review against another edition

4.25

dark reflective sad 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

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This book was a powerful and poignant fable about the dangers of creation. Surprisingly small at a mere 200 or so pages and with stripped-down, archetypal characters, I think Frankenstein succeeds not in spite of but because of this simplicity. The focus of the book is on the philosophical terror of creating life and then having no control over it, of realizing your mistakes too late and having no easy way to fix them. I was able to both hate and sympathize with Frankenstein and his monster.

In our modern world, with DNA editing, artificial intelligence and all sorts of biological and technological developments, I think the book’s message is as relevant today as it was in 1818. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Body shaming, Confinement, Grief, Stalking

Minor: Body horror, Colonisation