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Frankenstein: Or the Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley

181 reviews

mobymaize's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.5

Yeah, I mean it's fucking Frankenstein, like you got to read it. It is the first sci-fi novel, of course you have to read it. ALSO READ THE 1818 VERSION, IT'S A LOT BETTER.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

barda's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

stindex's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Torture, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

kierank's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

5.0

Transgender awakening 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Body horror, Suicide, Violence, and Xenophobia

knowh19's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Violence

euphemiajo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Classism

kaetheluise_nckl'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? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

anjasshelf's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Incest, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Colonisation

comfsp's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

I think I understand why some people think of this as an absolute masterpiece, and in the context of its role in history it's totally justified, but just taking the reading experience... It made me infinitely frustrated. Nobody changes their views, Frankenstein still has a cruelly prejudiced, tunel vision-like worldview and is insanely self-centered thruout the entire book. Reading this was a torture to me too, not juszt the characters, and it honestly pains me becaouse of the importance this iconic book has. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Violence

Minor: Death of parent

jomarie's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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

2.5

This was a book that I’ve had for quite a while and was interested in reading as a lover of sci-fi stories. Having read it, I’m not sure I gained any more respect for it. 

Caveat: I don’t have a great track record of liking classics, so definitely take my opinion with a grain of salt! 

I only knew the bare bones of the story through pop culture references. I was expecting a gothic, atmospheric story of man’s hubris. The actual story didn’t quite hit that mark. Mostly, I was bored. The monster featured so little, most of the characters were flat, and framing it as a story being told to a man on a mission to the North Pole felt unnecessary. The most interesting part was what the monster did after running away from Victor, but that was told as a dry conversation rather than actually spending time in that space. It frankly made Felix out to be a more enticing character than anyone else in the book. 

Luckily, I read through the info in the front of my copy that explained some of the historical context that Mary Shelley wrote it under. If I hadn’t, I’d feel even more disconnected from the point of it all than I already am. If you’re only looking at it as an example of historic literature, it’s a fascinating study. However, that’s not what I was doing. 

Knowing the kind of reader I am, I should have done the audiobook to better comprehend and connect with the story, or just picked my favorite movie adaption and called it good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Stalking, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Child death, Medical content, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Minor: Animal death and Racism