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brycestevenwilley's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Violence and Murder
Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide
Minor: Abortion
onlyonebookshelf's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Murder
julianfromme's review against another edition
3.25
Graphic: Violence
emmalouisereads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Forget everything you thought you knew about Frankenstein. Dead bodies sewn together? Forget it. Stupid monster? Forget it.
This is a story of a man who arrogantly does something incredibly stupid for vain reasons and then sleeps, runs away and faints pathetically while everyone around him suffers the consequences.
Oh my wretched life!
Moderate: Ableism, Child death, Violence, and Murder
hayleystagg's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Minor: Violence and Murder
linnylionheart's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.75
Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Confinement, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Abandonment
Moderate: Mental illness, Terminal illness, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Blood, and Colonisation
Minor - execution of an innocent personkingcrookback's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
I don't have much to say regarding whether I think this was "good." Of course it's good. It's an enduring and oft-discussed classic for a reason, and that reason isn't merely the fact that it's the first science fiction novel or that it was written by a woman. It's a fascinating and complex study of hubris, humanity, and obsession. Being the person that I am, I really fixated on the themes of humanity that Shelley spins around the Creature--specifically how the Creature's descent into immorality aligns not with his physical monstrosity/deformity/disfigurement (as tends to be the case with monsters and villains with deformities/disfigurements) but rather with the internalization of his lived experiences. (In this vein, I also found it fascinating to put Frankenstein in conversation with Richard III, where Richard's disability/deformity is meant to be read as a physical manifestation of immorality.)
Graphic: Child death and Murder
Moderate: Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Death of parent
parisreads's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Moderate: Child death, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder
Minor: Islamophobia
tanisha_112's review against another edition
- 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
4.25
Graphic: Death and Violence
Moderate: Blood
Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Death of parent
marinasslibrary's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Child death, Death, Violence, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Murder