Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

Frankenstein: The 1818 Text by Mary Shelley

6 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

buttermellow's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child death, Misogyny, Stalking, and Murder

Minor: Gun violence and Fire/Fire injury

refrejarator's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-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

A classic famous for the creation of the sci-fi genre. It uses strong religious imagery to paint a picture of humanity and what distinguishes humans from "daemons" and higher powers. Seamlessly blends science, philosophy, and creationism. Although the gruesome deeds and persons lack greater detail, the light description allows the imagination to fill in the horrific blanks. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Incest, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

pizzaisjesus98's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Stalking, Abandonment, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child death, Chronic illness, Self harm, Terminal illness, Violence, Xenophobia, Medical content, Gaslighting, and Classism

Minor: Animal death, Incest, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

rieviolet's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I listened to the audiobook version and, even though I really liked the narrator's voice, I have to accept the fact that I do not get along with audiobooks, I struggle to focus and I end up missing a good chunk of the story. I say this because it negatively affected my fruition of the book and partially influenced my final rating.

However, I also wasn't that much blown away by the story itself. I struggled the most with the chapters narrated from Frankenstein's point of view, as the story progressed they became quite tiresome and I just did not care much for him as a character, I just wanted him to stop droning on and on.
I enjoyed a bit more the sections focused on the creature's perspective. The themes addressed are interesting but the characterization and the story development were rather unremarkable. The overall reading experience was a bit middle-of-the-road for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Violence, Grief, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Genocide, Racism, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

gabrield's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Animal cruelty, Child death, Confinement, and Incest