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Frankissstein by Jeanette Winterson

21 reviews

gayliott's review against another edition

To be honest as trans masc person I'm very disappointed in the characterisation or Ry.
Also check the trigger warnings

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, and Transphobia

myclutteredbookshelf's review against another edition

Had I known about Winterson's opposition to providing gender affirming care for trans youths beforehand, I wouldn't have bothered reading this novel. As such, I am going to refrain from giving it a rating and review. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Homophobia, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Transphobia, and Outing

Minor: Child death, Death, and Miscarriage

easefcik's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

3.0

this was beautifully written in so many ways, but I’m struggling with my review for this book. I wanted to love it and there is so much I really loved, but her representation of trans people left me with a bad taste in my mouth. It seemed…confused and uninformed. I get how she wants a trans protagonist to fit into the story, but I’m concerned it’s a harmful representation and unnecessarily. I obviously can’t speak for trans people, but k was extremely uncomfortable with the depictions and treatment of the character.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Deadnaming, Death, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, and Grief

cleot's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Transphobia

Moderate: Ableism, Body horror, Death, Gore, Homophobia, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Outing, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Child abuse, Genocide, Pedophilia, and Suicide

the transphobia by a sex partner was particularly upsetting to me as a trans person, as was the graphic on-page sexual assault of trans man resulting from bathroom harassment

natalee_martino's review against another edition

challenging tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Rape, and Transphobia

Moderate: Deadnaming, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

aspellane94's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny informative mysterious reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Body horror, Homophobia, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Transphobia

waterbear0821's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

It’s an interesting thought exercise, overlaying Frankenstein on modern culture, medicine, and technology. I get why this book is good. It gave me the brain-tingling feelings of good literature, where I can feel myself thinking about things in a new way. I enjoyed the shifting, melding perspectives, the recurring, regenerative, reimagined themes. The general science fiction horror structure and style. But also why are the characters in literature so blank and deplorable? Bah. Also, big CW vibes. Having a trans main character doesn’t mean you have to include hate crimes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Rape, and Transphobia

Moderate: Child death, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

brechtian's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

3.75

The lows of this book are quite low (poor depiction of trans identity, borderline trauma porn, sections of quite spotty prose), but the highs are, admittedly, very high. This book at its best is a masterful postmodern examination of Frankenstein as biography, text, legacy, and cultural object. It explores multiplicity and our creation of monsters within ourselves as well as others beautifully, all while providing fascinating parallels to conversations surrounding transhumanism, AI, and the future of technological advancement. Honestly, the more you know about the critical conversations/academic discourse surrounding Frankenstein, the more you will likely enjoy this novel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Rape, and Transphobia

Moderate: Misogyny

Minor: Ableism

There are quite a few graphic sex scenes.

francesca_o's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective medium-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? It's complicated

3.5

Interesting concepts and mix of characters and timelines. It was a little difficult to track as an audiobook. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Homophobia

abbymwyss's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Rape