Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

270 reviews

evgeorge's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

zsnails99's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Incest, and Grief

Moderate: Gore, Incest, Stalking, and Abandonment

felofhe's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Classism

creatureof_nature's review against another edition

challenging medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Murder

jillkaarlela's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

This book is a masterpiece. Mary Shelley wrote this at 18!!! She was such a revolutionary in her writing, especially since this work spurred the creation of the science fiction genre. Throughout the book we get glimpses of the 18 year old girl behind the masterpiece, such as, in Elizabeth’s letters to Victor, asking if he still loved her and wanted to marry her since he had been gone for so long. Like, that is so 18 year old girl of her. 

This was such a deep dive into the nuances of morality and the relationship between creation and creator, the inherent (immoral) bias and “othering” of those who don’t look like us, as well as dealing with the consequences of vain attempts at glory. She is brilliant. 

Besides that, this book is the definition of “f*ck around and find out” and Victor sure as heck found out. This is my third read of this book academically, and I love it so much. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Violence, and Death of parent

simmich429's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

mpbookreviews's review against another edition

dark reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Death, Violence, Medical content, Death of parent, and Abandonment

barda's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

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

marissasa's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This classic was surprisingly introspective and philosophical, especially since I was only expecting gothic horror and scares. I really enjoyed the narration of this book as we got to see perspectives from Dr. Frankenstein, his monster, and from an outsider recounting the whole situation, giving the whole book the intended experience of trying to keep up while a friend or family member is telling you a wild story. Although the actual process of Frankenstein creating and giving life to his monster wasn't explained scientifically, I actually liked the abstraction of the process in favor of showing more of his descent into obsessive research, isolation, and madness. It also paved way for more internal conflict about the ethics, morality, and implications of his experiment, and it was a great literary choice to have the monster himself pose many of those ethical questions to Frankenstein as his creation and have the doctor genuinely struggle with what he owes to him as his creator. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

stindex's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Torture, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail