Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

Frankenstein: The 1818 Text by Mary Shelley

11 reviews

euphemiajo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Confinement, Murder, Terminal illness, Violence, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Stalking, Slavery, Gore, and Grief

pizzaisjesus98's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Dysphoria, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Stalking, Panic attacks/disorders, Confinement, and Death

Moderate: Self harm, Violence, Gaslighting, Xenophobia, Terminal illness, Classism, Animal cruelty, Child death, Chronic illness, and Medical content

Minor: Suicide attempt, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Incest, and Forced institutionalization

carnivalchimera's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

One of my favorite reads!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Body horror, Child death, Grief, Terminal illness, Murder, Ableism, Stalking, Abandonment, and Death

macliffe's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

0.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Death, Suicide attempt, Murder, Child death, Terminal illness, Stalking, and Grief

Moderate: Torture and Medical content

Minor: Body horror, Toxic friendship, and Racism

hallie_iv's review against another edition

dark reflective slow-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

3.5

Came into the book with a lot of preconceived notions but realized the source material was much different. Reading the book through a more feminist lens was much more “enjoyable ” for me probably because I could relate to it more. It has a very “look away from the explosion” type of writing style. Where many major plot points and acts of horror either happen off page or are almost glossed over.  It makes sense that it’s how Victor would relate the story but as a reader I found myself missing the dirty details. There was also an odd pattern of miserable and unending despair and then Victor would get a little happier and then more despair. Much page space was dedicated to what emotions Victor was dealing with and not necessarily what was going on around him. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Terminal illness, Murder, and Incest

theuncannydani's review

challenging dark mysterious sad slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Grief, Death, Xenophobia, Dysphoria, Incest, Murder, Abandonment, Child death, Death of parent, and Violence

Moderate: Suicide, Islamophobia, Gore, Terminal illness, and Racism

Minor: Religious bigotry

linnylionheart's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Body shaming, Child death, Abandonment, Body horror, Confinement, Death of parent, Murder, Stalking, Violence, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, and Terminal illness

Minor: Gun violence, Suicide, Drug abuse, Blood, Animal death, Colonisation, and Forced institutionalization

Minor - execution of an innocent person

emory's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

seems long and drawn out and is a far shot from what I was expecting due to the distortion of its resonance in popular culture, but eloquent and deserving of its place in not only horror but overall classic literature. very mesmerizing writing

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Murder, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Colonisation, Sexism, and Stalking

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Racism, Animal death, and Suicide

angelfireeast24's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Murder, Classism, Death, Abandonment, Body horror, Body shaming, Death of parent, Medical content, Suicide, and Terminal illness

Minor: Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, and Violence

allisoncc's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Minor: Chronic illness, Infertility, Self harm, and Terminal illness