Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

23 reviews

foxclcves's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Body horror, Child death, Death, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief

Minor: Racism, Violence, Stalking, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

chris_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Physical abuse, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Child death, Suicidal thoughts, and Colonisation

emilo's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Abandonment

Moderate: Incest, Sexism, Medical content, and Stalking

Minor: Colonisation

dracla's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Stalking, Murder, Colonisation, and Classism

melancholymegs's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child death, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Abandonment, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Gun violence, Racism, and Colonisation

maggiekingston's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Islamophobia and Colonisation

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

linnylionheart's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Confinement, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Moderate: Mental illness, Terminal illness, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Blood, and Colonisation

Minor - execution of an innocent person

emory's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

seems long and drawn out and is a far shot from what I was expecting due to the distortion of its resonance in popular culture, but eloquent and deserving of its place in not only horror but overall classic literature. very mesmerizing writing

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Sexism, Stalking, and Colonisation

Minor: Animal death, Genocide, Racism, Suicide, and Injury/Injury detail

rory_john14's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child death, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

Moderate: Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Colonisation