Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match by Sally Thorne

16 reviews

natashaleighton_'s review against another edition

funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Quite possibly the strangest, most whimsical historical Rom-Com I’ve ever read, I loved every second of it! 

Definitely different from Sally Thorn’s other work but if you love a quirky, eccentric and confident FMCs then you’ll absolutely love Angelika. The romance was actually rather sweet (once you get past the whole raising a man from the dead after shopping for body parts at the morgue), I also loved the way consent was handled when it came to their relationship  —this might just be my all time fave reimagining of Frankenstein. 

It’s is fairly lighthearted but given subject material, I’d still suggest checking TW/CWs

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Death, and Body horror

Moderate: Blood, Sexual content, and Pregnancy

Minor: Sexual assault and Death of parent

katharina90's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

1.0

Uncomfortable and cringey. Not just problematic but also poorly written with unlikeable characters and terrible dialogue. I came very close to DNF'ing but I'm stubborn.

Can't for the life of me figure out how any of this got approved, but I suspect it's yet another novel where readers are just not bothered by sexual violence and breeches of consent as long as they're being committed by a female character. Disturbing.

Also not sure why the author chose to write this pseudo-historical fiction in which not a single character acts appropriately for the Georgian setting. Just do a modern retelling then?

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Medical trauma, Body shaming, Sexism, Sexual assault, Classism, and Death

Minor: Stalking, Religious bigotry, and Death of parent

Theft/sale and mutilation of corpses. Complete disregard for consent. Objectification of bodies. Dehumanization and human chattel/pet vibes.

miranda_is_reading's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.75

I was excited to read this to get back into reading. But, I was pretty let down. I debated many time stopping the book, but decided to push through. Sally Thorne isn’t the best writer, but this is hands down my least favorite book of hers. The story is weird and the more you think about it it’s pretty disgusting as well. The amount of times it refers to the corpses penis is also very odd, Sally is a freak and has let it be know. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Grief, Alcohol, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Blood

kaattie's review against another edition

dark lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Sexual content

Moderate: Infertility and Terminal illness

Minor: Death of parent, Sexual assault, and Violence

rockyroadbutch's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Death of parent, Grief, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Stalking, Abandonment, and Violence

Minor: Vomit and Suicidal thoughts

beepbeep101's review against another edition

dark emotional funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Medical content

Moderate: Death of parent, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape, Religious bigotry, Infertility, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Stalking

loubrary's review against another edition

funny mysterious fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content and Dementia

Minor: Death of parent

jackiepreston's review

adventurous emotional lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

I have this ongoing problem with Sally Thorne books where there's so much dialogue that I can't actually keep track of where the characters are and what's going on in the scene. It worked in The Hating Game, but both this and 99 Percent Mine I kept losing track of what was going on at any giving time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Blood

Minor: Death of parent, Vomit, Pregnancy, Rape, and Sexual assault

ninahuynh's review

adventurous emotional fast-paced

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

3.5

The premise was definitely interesting, but the execution, not as much. Sally Thorne of one of the booktok famous authors with The Hating Game and thought maybe this newest book will be good. Haven't read The Hating Game, but if the writing style is similar, my ambivalence towards booktok recommendations is affirmed once again.

Characters improved a bit towards the end, but Will's sudden change of heart did not make sense to me. The characters felt flat for at least 65% of the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Misogyny, Alcohol, Body horror, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Stalking, Car accident, Blood, Cursing, Death, and Medical content

Moderate: Animal death and Child death

jaynovara's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Medical content

Moderate: Death of parent, Blood, Confinement, Infertility, Grief, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Injury/Injury detail