Reviews

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

owltype's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

philly37898's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-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

5.0

robinpogo's review against another edition

mysterious reflective tense slow-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

3.0

The language of the book is poetic and quite beautiful. The story, however, is a bit dark and disturbing to work through. 

madelinepaul99's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

2.75

mwaskom's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

3.75

A fun classic, Mary really put her all into this 

emkat1997's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

3.0

boxofcats's review against another edition

medium-paced

4.0

Beautifully narrated 

evedixon's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.75

elishahdavis's review against another edition

4.0

truly adored this book!! also to be clear im on team creature. i dont think he’s the problem and yeah okay you can say he could be lying or be secretly like super manipulative and tell me that i’m stupid for the surface level way i chose to interpret the book, but idc. i think the story is stronger if we assume he is telling the truth. and ALSO id argue that saying that he’s lying and manipulative and a true monster is the easy interpretation of this work. the idea that good people can still wrong things due to the inhumane and unfair ways they were cast out and hurt but still be human and good at heart is much more interesting  to me than a monster being a monster being a monster. also he’s my fave character so shut up.

hannahcer's review against another edition

4.0

mary shelley feminist icon
und überraschend was für ein falsches bild der geschichte man durch die verzerrte präsentation in modernen medien hat!