Reviews tagging 'Incest'

Mathilda by Mary Shelley

16 reviews

thefall's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest and Suicidal thoughts

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

---

Content Warnings

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

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

ririsa's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Incest

brightbeaming's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

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

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Suicide, Grief, Incest, Pedophilia, and Death

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

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Incest, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

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.

Spoiler

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

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent

Moderate: Abandonment and Suicide

Minor: Incest

careinthelibrary's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

2.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Incest

sandrabureen's review against another edition

dark reflective sad fast-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? It's complicated

3.5

---

Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide and Incest

agnesforell's review against another edition

dark sad 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

3.0

Very sad, and a lot longer than it needed to be. But the writing is very pretty, and it almost reads like a fairytale, or old folkstory. It´s very conteplative

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide