Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

37 reviews

michaelion's review against another edition

mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Moral of the story? Don't have kids in your early 20s.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Incest, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, and Classism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, and Colonisation

maple_dove's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

• 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, Death, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Death of parent

Minor: Incest and Racism

oceanwriter's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Reread, but also the first time reading the 1818 text. Loved it even more the second time around and it was interesting reading the first edition. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal death, Incest, and Racism

bethanwx's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.25

A classic gothic novel about the dangers of over-reaching. Whilst I appreciate that this is a significant text, I don't warm to the writing style or characters.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Colonisation

Minor: Death of parent

caseyreadslol's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

2.5

victor frankenstein you would have thrived in the era of doing stupid shit online and then crytyping&making fifty apology videos where you dont actually apologize 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny

Minor: Incest and Racism

martyrbat's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal death, Body shaming, Incest, Racism, and Abandonment

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Incest, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Medical content, and Murder

clone's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Racism

abby_can_read's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-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

3.0

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This book was fine. It was a struggle at times. I liked the narrators. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal death, Incest, and Racism

livelaughomo's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Murder, and Abandonment

Moderate: Incest and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Animal death and Racism