Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Mathilda by Mary Shelley

12 reviews

lateromantic's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Incest, Suicide, Terminal illness, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Classism

sara277's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

4.25

This was my first time reading Mary Shelley and I loved her writing. 
Mathilda deals with hard subjects such as grief, depression, incest and suicide. It’s a very dark and gothic story, but still romantic about some of those subjects. Mary Shelley’s lines are so poetic while at the same time portraying Mathilda’s suffering as so fatal, that the ending felt like a big -inevitable- relief. 

I think the part where Mathilda proposes that she and Woodville commit suicide together was the best, it puts both characters’ views on display on both life and death, and both are defended so beautifully

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Grief

Moderate: Incest and Suicide

peggy_racham's review against another edition

4.25

Surprising read. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, and Death of parent

mauricem00ny's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Incest

anastasianieto'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? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Incest, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief

eyrechrysalis's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Grief, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, and Toxic relationship

hexa's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Death, Incest, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, and Death of parent

alaskaisnotdead's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Incest, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

hannahlee's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.75

Eh. This felt like it could have been a much more interesting work if Shelley had been able to work it harder and transform it either into a full novel or into a much tighter short story. As it was, it felt fairly boring, without much actual action and with a lot of overwrought Romantic language about inner turmoil.

It's rare that I want to actually have more incest happen in a book, but *shrug*.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Suicide and Abandonment

Minor: Incest

nina_87's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Suicide, Grief, and Death of parent