Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

204 reviews

nubecato's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional informative reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief

Moderate: Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent

plantdonut's review against another edition

3.5

dark reflective sad 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: Body horror, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Grief

Minor: Racism, Violence, Stalking, Abandonment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail

lucinotlucy's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Abandonment

jorose's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark mysterious sad 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: Death, Violence, Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail

chris_reads's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Dysphoria

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Physical abuse, Violence, Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Colonisation

loveyoulike's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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THE classic of all classics

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Murder

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Violence

ilmariel's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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: Body horror, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, Classism

acogna's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Medical content

marigoldgem's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

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: Body horror, Bullying, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder

ekmsmith's review against another edition

4.0

sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Well worth the read! It's fascinating seeing how much the Frankenstein story has changed in pop culture over time when compared to the original. The way that Mary Shelley builds tension over the course of the story is really brilliant.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Murder

Minor: Body horror