Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

59 reviews

padawan17's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Murder, and Grief

Moderate: Stalking, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Incest

amberkaylynn's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Stalking, Mental illness, Death, and Abandonment

kelburke's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad medium-paced

• 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, Murder, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Mental illness

Moderate: Incest

Minor: Animal death

rieviolet's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I listened to the audiobook version and, even though I really liked the narrator's voice, I have to accept the fact that I do not get along with audiobooks, I struggle to focus and I end up missing a good chunk of the story. I say this because it negatively affected my fruition of the book and partially influenced my final rating.

However, I also wasn't that much blown away by the story itself. I struggled the most with the chapters narrated from Frankenstein's point of view, as the story progressed they became quite tiresome and I just did not care much for him as a character, I just wanted him to stop droning on and on.
I enjoyed a bit more the sections focused on the creature's perspective. The themes addressed are interesting but the characterization and the story development were rather unremarkable. The overall reading experience was a bit middle-of-the-road for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Stalking, Violence, Death, Body horror, and Grief

Moderate: Death of parent, Misogyny, Child death, Animal cruelty, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Kidnapping, Colonisation, Genocide, Islamophobia, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicide attempt

leapyear_reader's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Death, Murder, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, and Child death

Moderate: Death of parent, Confinement, Blood, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Incest, and Gore

Minor: Mental illness

brycestevenwilley's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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

4.0

Better than I thought it would be, beautifully written and interesting themes, but just a little too long at times, I didn't really need the 5 page description of the Alps.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Suicide, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Mental illness

Minor: Abortion

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

quinn24's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Grief, Child death, Death, Death of parent, and Mental illness

Moderate: Murder

bill369's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I read this book for the Classics Reading Challenge.

The complexity of Frankenstein's monster is hands down one of the best aspects of this book. I like his development and how he's becoming more human throughout the book. I believe the author did manage to make the reader feel for him. After all, he was just misunderstood and needed love.

Page 52, calm mind.
 

Dokonalý člověk má vždy zachovat klidnou a pokojnou mysl a nikdy nemá připustit, aby vášeň nebo pomíjivá touha porušily jeho pohodu. Ani vědecké bádání nemá být podle mého názoru výjimkou z tohoto pravidla. Jestliže studium, kterému se člověk věnuje, vede k oslabení přátelských vztahů a prostých radostí, v nichž nemá být ani stopa bolesti, pak je toto studium určitě nesprávné a pro lidskou mysl nevhodné.

 

I hoped for a happier ending, but it wasn't bad.

I'm glad I read this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Murder

Moderate: Abandonment, Death of parent, Medical content, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Minor: Gun violence and Panic attacks/disorders

shellyyy_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

• 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? It's complicated

5.0

bro, ti dico solo che la parte mia preferita è quando inizia il pov di frankestein.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Death, Medical trauma, and Abandonment