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Graphic: Body horror, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Abandonment
Moderate: Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder
Graphic: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Murder
Moderate: Gore, Incest, Violence, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Classism
Minor: Body horror, Suicide attempt
Graphic: Emotional abuse
Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Gun violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting
Graphic: Death, Violence, Grief, Murder
Moderate: Suicide, Suicide attempt
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder
Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Incest, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Misogyny, Fire/Fire injury
Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail
Contrary to that, I found much of the novel to be dense, hard to navigate, and incredibly slow. I required a dictionary at my side that I used nearly every page, as the meanings and popularity of words have changed drastically in the last 200 years. This, while challenging, is not what made the novel feel slow. The novel takes its time setting everything up, which in my opinion unfortunately dragged the rating down. I understand why this set up was required for the story-especially after reading the hauntingly coincidental story of Mary Shelley’s life-but I feel the first 1/3 of the novel dictating Victors life could have been shortened. I sympathized with the monster far more than Victor Frankenstein, and perhaps that’s why I feel this way.
The version I read included some fascinating insights into how the book was received and how it became a sensation. My favorite thing about classical literature is learning the stories around it, and this book, as well as Mary Shelley, have an intriguing history.
The most compelling and heart wrenching parts of the story for me were the monsters recount of his experiences, victors moments of passionate action-for better or worse-, and the finale of the novel. I was extremely pleased with the ending. I feel it suited the melancholy and complex nuance of the novel perfectly.
All in all, I am glad to have read this. And I’ve learned to steer clear from dark horror, as it doesn’t intrigue me as a genre.
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment
Minor: Incest, Suicide, Suicide attempt
Moderate: Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Murder, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Body horror, Chronic illness, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Classism
Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail