Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Matilda by Mary Shelley

9 reviews

mauricem00ny's review

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Suicide, and Death of parent

Moderate: Incest

anastasianieto's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Death

eyrechrysalis's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death of parent, Suicide, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, and Incest

hexa's review

dark sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Suicide, Grief, Incest, Pedophilia, and Death

alaskaisnotdead's review

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Incest, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

hannahlee's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.75

Eh. This felt like it could have been a much more interesting work if Shelley had been able to work it harder and transform it either into a full novel or into a much tighter short story. As it was, it felt fairly boring, without much actual action and with a lot of overwrought Romantic language about inner turmoil.

It's rare that I want to actually have more incest happen in a book, but *shrug*.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent

Moderate: Abandonment and Suicide

Minor: Incest

nina_87's review

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Suicide

henrygravesprince's review against another edition

challenging dark sad 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? It's complicated

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Death of parent, and Grief

imogenna_'s review

dark emotional sad slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Terminal illness

Minor: Pedophilia and Adult/minor relationship