1.9k reviews for:

Our Hideous Progeny

C.E. McGill

4.04 AVERAGE

loulou87's review against another edition

5.0

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LOVE LOVE LOOOOOVE!!!!
A subtly Sapphic retelling of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein dotted with feminism, colonialism and racism.

Awesome read

valveillen's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous emotional informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

ldandridge's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

the_book_bear's review against another edition

4.0

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Wonderfully horrifying 

blackcatbinx29's review against another edition

2.75

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Fine if a little boring

mikaaa's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

cardicorgi's review against another edition

4.0

dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

sarahwiltshire's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

ilikespoons's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

reaganator's review against another edition

2.0

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I’m impressed by historical fiction’s ability to retread the same ground over and over again for hundreds of years and never have anything new to say. Being boring has never been more of a skill.