Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein by Kiersten White

17 reviews

saeruh's review against another edition

3.5

    This was an enjoyable retelling of Frankenstein where Victor is clearly a deranged sociopath who wishes to be an all powerful god. I liked the flashbacks to Elizabeth’s childhood where you could really see how fucked up Victor was from the start. It was also written a very similar style to Shelley’s original writing which I quite liked. 
    There was just some things I think this book really lacked. Firstly for being a book trying to tell Elizabeth’s story/life rather than the original story’s main character, Victor, I still found that much of the book revolved around him which makes sense since he’s the villain of this one (and also the original Frankenstein but that’s a whole other point). I really wanted to get to know Elizabeth much more in-depthly. I also did not like the ending, I felt like leaving how Elizabeth survives Victor up to the reader’s imagination was lazy. I also felt like much more of the horror aspects could have been featured in this.
    However somethings I did like were how funny Mary was in the few chapters (it was a nice dissolving of tensions) and the family/companionship bond formed between Elizabeth, Mary, and Adam by the story’s end. I did really like Elizabeth and her tenacity, I just wish we maybe saw more of her not thinking of Victor and his family.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Animal death, Death of parent, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Medical content, and Forced institutionalization

jaedyn's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

midnightgremlin's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Stalking, Forced institutionalization, Murder, and Child abuse

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

annielovesbooks14's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

4.0

I could not put this book down. It was very dark, which is why it was only 4 starts but it was still very good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Animal cruelty, and Blood

Moderate: Death and Child abuse

nytshayde's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

Enjoyable and dark, but fell apart in the last third for me. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Domestic abuse

liandra_bell's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty

puzzledbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Animal cruelty

Minor: Animal death