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emory's review against another edition
- 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
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
rory_john14's review
- 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
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
curlynerdy13's review
5.0
Moderate: Child death and Death of parent
Minor: Animal death
raynestorm'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? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Body horror
Moderate: Abandonment, Animal death, Death, and Emotional abuse
cryptidcas's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, Suicide, and Violence
Minor: Animal death
thyroyalreader's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Death and Child death
Minor: Death of parent, Stalking, and Animal death
tabear's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Death, Child death, and Murder
Moderate: Animal death
queer_bookwyrm's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley is a classic and Shelley is the mother of modern horror. I actually enjoyed this one more than Dracula, despite my prejudice against classics.
We get a man vs. his creation kind of story here. Frankenstein is obsessed with the natural sciences and endeavors create life out of remnant of body parts. He chooses to make something monsterous looking and then abandons it to fend for itself.
Spurned by his creator and unable to properly perceive his senses, the creature wonders around blindly and stupidly until he figures out his new sensations and begins to learn. Having not read this before, I assumed the creature would be mindless, but he is inquisitive and a quick learner. He learns language from hiding himself in a hovel attached to a family's shack and becomes quite proficient. The creature only longs for kindness and friendship, but is cursed and chased away by any who lay on eyes on his unfortunate face.
I'm not receiving kindness or compassion, the creatures sets to revenge against Frankenstein for carelessly bringing him to life and denying him a companion. A little compassion from Frankenstein could have gone a long way.
To me, this was a story about how important it is to show all creatures (ugly or beautiful) compassion and kindness. The creature became the demon people accused him of being. I think there is also some commentary here about the trials ugly or deformed people or disabled people encounter, as these themes often come up to denote morality of a character. Another case of "don't judge a book by its cover."
Shelley also quotes her husband's works throughout the book, which I found adorable. I can see why this story has endured as long as it has, and we can see echos of this in modern storytelling as well (Data from TNG, any alien or robot trying to be more human, any misunderstood being because of how they look).
Moderate: Child death and Animal death
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
aconfundityofcrows'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
3.5
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
thekinkykid's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Violence