Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

Frankenstein: The 1818 Text by Mary Shelley

18 reviews

elspethmigliore's review

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

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

juliacoutinho's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

O ritmo é lento, mas não é maçante e a escrita é rebuscada, mas ao mesmo tempo muito bonita. Os personagens são muito interessantes e o relacionamento do Victor e a criatura é tão complexo e cheio de nuances que dá pra conversar sobre esse livro por horas (tmb fiquei incrédula com a burrice do Victor pqp). É um classico de terror mas não do tipo que dá medo, mas sim uma história trágica que mostra as faces da humanidade e nossa capacidade pro bem e pro mal. Tem alguns detalhes que ficaram confusos, mas nada que importe muito, provavelmente fui eu que não entendi ou o sentido original se perdeu na tradução. Pra mim é uma leitura obrigatória por causa dos temas e da reflexão que a Shelley propõe (a mulher era genial) , sobre ciência, as relações humanas, sobre a natureza das pessoas, sobre a criação (é basicamente um livro pró legalização do aborto) e gostei muito mesmo.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Child death and Death

recycled_personalities's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

It was a pretty good novel and I do recommend that you read it. The plot was a lot more complicated than I anticipated but it was still a good read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Body horror, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Medical content, Physical abuse, Suicide, Grief, Incest, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Violence, Toxic friendship, Murder, and Suicidal thoughts

teacupalpaca's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, Abandonment, Bullying, and Murder

Minor: Suicide attempt

thekinkykid's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Violence

rebeccaxpaige's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Child death, Death of parent, Death, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

valyn_grebe's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

2.5

I began reading this book thinking that it was going to be a great read, and for me, it wasn’t.  It was just okay.  I had trouble connecting with the characters.  I generally disliked Victor Frankenstein, because he never thought about the consequences of his actions or how the Monster would react to life.  Thus, the Monster has terrible and vile behavior due to his creator’s lack of foresight in his work.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Death

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Stalking, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal death and Body horror