31.8k reviews for:

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

3.86 AVERAGE

thewereraven's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark tense medium-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

dingleberry10's review against another edition

4.0

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I begun to read this book about possibly 3 years ago yet I never finished it. So, here I am, 3 years later rereading the whole thing and finally finishing it. Once again I am reminded why I loved this book in the first place! Not sure why I never finished it but I’m glad I finally did. Honestly, one of the main things I can takeaway from this book is how obsession can lead to your downfall. It eats you up, it pushes away everything else you love, it has consequences. Don’t expect your actions to not have consequences. I would have given this book 5 stars HOWEVER… I just felt like there were too many pages of unnecessary information that added almost nothing to the story whatsoever. Like okay miss shelley I understand you love describing everything down to the atom but you don’t have to do that for EVERYTHING. But I mean other than that, I really loved reading this dark tale! A classic indeed.

flower7308's review against another edition

5.0

dark sad slow-paced

cbrown4652's review against another edition

4.0

dark reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

stephineedleinahaystack's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-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

thistlewine's review against another edition

3.75

dark mysterious 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

jglitt's review against another edition

2.5

mysterious slow-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

addy_brill's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-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

isaiconica's review against another edition

3.0

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No sabría decir que esperaba de este libro, pero desde luego no lo que he leído, mucha charla y poca acción. Básicamente tenemos 3 puntos de vista: el primero irrelevante, pero nos muestra el principio y el final de la historia, el segundo me ha parecido el mejor de todos porque el monstruo era el único interesante y el tercero típico de los hombres con poder, extremadamente egoísta y egocéntrico.

Hubo cosas que me sacaron un poco de la lectura como las descripciones irreales de los lugares y las situaciones, aunque teniendo en cuenta la edad a la que Mary Shelley escribió este libro, entiendo que tiene sentido.

Al final es una historia sobre la moralidad y como el trato que damos a los demás impacta luego en nosotros mismos.

karynp's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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