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dilara2912w's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Gore, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Child abuse, Torture, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Self harm, Suicide, Physical abuse, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Violence
melancholymegs's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Child death, Ableism, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Dysphoria, Death, and Murder
Moderate: Death of parent, Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief
Minor: Racism, Colonisation, and Gun violence
linnylionheart's review against another edition
- 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
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 personbill369's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
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.
I hoped for a happier ending, but it wasn't bad.
I'm glad I read this book.
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
ran_sophia's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
2.0
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Body horror, Abandonment, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Confinement, and Religious bigotry
Moderate: Xenophobia, Violence, Incest, Racism, Toxic friendship, Murder, and Hate crime
Minor: Gun violence, Colonisation, and Child death
enjolrss's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Death, Gun violence, and Murder
aconfundityofcrows's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Murder and Misogyny
Moderate: Abandonment, Ableism, Body shaming, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Minor: Animal death, Xenophobia, and Religious bigotry
rosita's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I love how complex and morally grey both Frankenstein and The Creature are, i love the whole moral dilemma of progress and science and prejudices, I loved the parts that were narrated by the creature the most.
I isnt a 5 star bc the descriptions were too long for my taste, and that fact that Frankenstein was just narrating this to his friend, word for word, destroyed my suspension of disbelief, nobody is that bad at summarizing.
Graphic: Abandonment, Death, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Mental illness
Moderate: Child death and Body horror
Minor: Death of parent, Incest, Suicide, and Gun violence
Just like, general loneliness and bigotry against people for what they look like.alayamorning's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, Murder, and Mental illness
Moderate: Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, and War
samchase112's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- 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
5.0
Thus the harrowing tale of Frankenstein and his monster begins. This was such a creative and well-told story which I enjoyed to the very end. Mary Shelley is such an excellent writer; her frame narrative perfectly fit the story she was telling, as it allowed readers to sympathize with both Frankenstein and the creature, as well as get an outside perspective through Walton. She warns us not too take creativity too far - there is a line between science and destruction, and we cannot cross it.
I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel...The fallen angel becomes a malignant devil. Yet even that enemy of God and man had friends and associates in his desolation; I am alone. - the Creature
The edition I read - the penguin edition - was a great edition! I felt that the book was set up well and easy to understand. Walton's letters were a major part of Volumes I and III, with the creature's story as the bulk of Volume II. This edition was also great because it included the author's introduction as well as notes on the 1818 and 1831 editions (this edition was based on the 1831 copy).
I do know that for the sympathy of one living being, I would make peace with all. I have love in me the likes of which you can scarcely imagine and rage the likes of which you would not believe. If I cannot satisfy the one, I will indulge the other. - the Creature
I absolutely loved this book, and I would definitely recommend it as an easy-to-read classic.
Learn from me, if not by my precepts, at least by my example, how dangerous is the acquirement of knowledge, and how much happier that man is who believes his native town to be his world, than he who aspires to become greater than his nature will allow. - Frankenstein
Reread: March 2021
The DRAMA, the ROMANCE, the HORROR!
Mary Godwin Shelley, you are a master.
Graphic: Body horror, Grief, Death, and Child death
Moderate: Gore and Stalking
Minor: Gun violence and Incest