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Frankissstein by Jeanette Winterson

22 reviews

emannuelk's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

Um livro que não é uma releitura de Frankenstein, mas antes uma obra que busca capturar o espírito do clássico de Mary Shelley e trazer para os nossos dias. E quando digo nossos dias, quero dizer exatamente isso. Inteligência artificial é o centro da história e até Bolsonaro é citado umas 3 vezes (como um verdadeiro risco à existência da humanidade, obviamente). Nesse processo, a autora inclui trechos também da criação do Frankenstein original, ao ponto de Mary Shelley ser uma das protagonistas (se não a verdadeira protagonista) em uma metade do livro que une o histórico a uma metanarrativa com twist tipicamente pós moderno quanto à natureza das criações literárias e das ideias de um modo geral. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape, Sexism, and Transphobia

riledupryepie's review against another edition

funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

Missing the final 0.5 only because it simply cannot do everything - Winterson really tries though! This book is the definition of layered, and any Mary Shelley fan will enjoy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, and Medical content

Moderate: Body horror, Miscarriage, Religious bigotry, and Pregnancy

Minor: Rape and Sexual violence

bookishbisexual's review

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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

2.75

This book was…strange. It had so many fascinating ideas but a confusing execution. As a huge fan of Frankenstein I still enjoyed it and all of the questions it proposed but I don’t know if I would recommend it. 

Also, I know it’s a choice but I hated the lack of quotation marks! Made the reading experience more laborious on top of an already confusing book.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, and Transphobia

aspellane94's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny informative mysterious reflective fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Homophobia, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Transphobia

boyinajar's review

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5

echoing some previeious concerns, it did feel a little off color to a transmasc reader  of theis novel but the surrealist experience of finishing the book was evocative enough that I give it some points

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, and Transphobia

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Gore, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

swarmofbees's review

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Sexism, and Transphobia

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Please don't read this, cis people you shouldn't think trans people are like this and fellow trans people, this is incredibly triggering

wendel's review against another edition

challenging dark funny inspiring mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Imaginative, thought provoking and poetic with a dark sense of humour in a compact and quick read. From how Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley supposedly created Frankenstein to gender, relationships with robots, artificial intelligence and transhumanism; Frankissstein will make you wonder.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Sexism, Transphobia, and Religious bigotry

andreamatallin's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Medical content, and Sexual harassment

deezy's review

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, and Transphobia

pages_with_a_preoccupied_prin's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

I really enjoyed this book and found the concept really clever. I loved the interlinking stories that cross time and found the themes in this book really compelling. It was a thought-provoking, gorgeously written book that I would highly recommend.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Transphobia, and Medical content