Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Frankenstein: The 1818 Text by Mary Shelley

59 reviews

elspethmigliore's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

4.5

I absolutely loved this story. There are so many things wrong with it, which is exactly the point and the prime reason I loved it so much. 

definitely reread material ✅ 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, Sexism, Racism, Racial slurs, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Gore, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Incest

Minor: Death of parent and Toxic friendship

rory_john14's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Forced institutionalization, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Abandonment, Ableism, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Animal death

Minor: Colonisation

redheadorganist's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Mental illness

Moderate: Death of parent

veganecurrywurst's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-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

5.0

I didn't think that I was going to enjoy this book, but after Frankensteins "Monster" began the story from his perspective, I just could not put the book down.

“There is something at work in my soul, which I do not understand.”

“My spirits were elevated by the enchanting appearance of nature; the past was blotted from my memory, the present was tranquil, and the future gilded by bright rays of hope and anticipations of joy.”

“Remember, that I am thy creature; I ought to be thy Adam; but I am rather a fallen angel, whom thou drivest from joy for no misdeed. Everywhere I see bliss, from which I alone am irrevocably excluded. I was benevolent and good; misery made me a fiend. Make me happy, and I shall be virtuous.”

“The cup of life was poisoned forever, and although the sun shone upon me, as upon the happy and gay of heart, I saw around me nothing but a dense and frightful darkness, penetrated by no light but the glimmer of two eyes that glared upon me.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Medical content, Murder, Violence, Bullying, Child death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child death, Grief, Mental illness, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Death

Minor: Racism, Religious bigotry, and Xenophobia

jynx_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Mental illness, Abandonment, Islamophobia, Child death, Murder, and Death

abbycrotts's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad slow-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

4.0

kinda dint care like it was written pretty well but it was so old classic-y and in your face and dragged on but i can see why people study it closely and have it as a reading criteria for school

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Ableism, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Violence

why cant old people be normal (no incest or pseudo incest)

aconfundityofcrows's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious reflective tense medium-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

3.5

The book includes the two "ghost" stories written at the same castle holiday, by Lord Byron and Dr. John  Polidori. Both are vampiric in nature, with Byron's story actually influencing Polidori's story, which is more explicitly about vampires. So a surprising spooky two for one deal here, with the original Frankenstein story and some early vampires.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Misogyny

Moderate: Abandonment, Ableism, Body shaming, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Animal death, Xenophobia, and Religious bigotry

ladycapricorn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

4.0

Victor Frankenstein is a whiny bitch, but Mary Shelley's writing is beautiful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Death of parent

rosita's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.0

I first tried to read Frankenstein when i was 14, and i didnt like it. The pace was too slow for my taste, and i ended up dnfing it. Now, that i am 20, i decided to pick it back up again, this time in audiobook form, and i loved it!
I love how complex and morally grey both Frankenstein and The Creature are, i love the whole moral dilemma of progress and science and prejudices, I loved the parts that were narrated by the creature the most.
I isnt a 5 star bc the descriptions were too long for my taste, and that fact that Frankenstein was just narrating this to his friend, word for word, destroyed my suspension of disbelief, nobody is that bad at summarizing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Mental illness

Moderate: Child death and Body horror

Minor: Death of parent, Incest, Suicide, and Gun violence

Just like, general loneliness and bigotry against people for what they look like.

alayamorning's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, Murder, and Mental illness

Moderate: Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, and War