Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

Frankenstein: The 1818 Text, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

13 reviews

johannarose's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Injury/injury detail, Violence, Body horror, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Gun violence

marigoldgem's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide attempt, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Body horror, Gore, Bullying, and Death of parent

dilara2912w's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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

Graphic: Gore, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Child abuse, Torture, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Gun violence, Injury/injury detail, Child death, Self harm, Suicide, Physical abuse, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Violence

excepto's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

It was a bit slow to start with and I feel there were a few too many layers of narrative around the story. The description of the life of the beast was definitely the best part.
I find the gothic premise of the constantly ill protagonist a bit tiring.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Abandonment, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Stalking, Violence, Grief, Mental illness, and Murder

Minor: Suicide attempt, Incest, and Suicide

saucywench813's review

challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Xenophobia, Abandonment, Body horror, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Incest

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

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

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

elspethmigliore's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.5

I absolutely loved this story. There are so many things wrong with it, which is exactly the point and the prime reason I loved it so much. 

definitely reread material ✅ 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, Sexism, Racism, Racial slurs, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Gore, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Incest

Minor: Death of parent and Toxic friendship

rory_john14's review

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

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

Minor: Colonisation

juliacoutinho's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.75

O ritmo é lento, mas não é maçante e a escrita é rebuscada, mas ao mesmo tempo muito bonita. Os personagens são muito interessantes e o relacionamento do Victor e a criatura é tão complexo e cheio de nuances que dá pra conversar sobre esse livro por horas (tmb fiquei incrédula com a burrice do Victor pqp). É um classico de terror mas não do tipo que dá medo, mas sim uma história trágica que mostra as faces da humanidade e nossa capacidade pro bem e pro mal. Tem alguns detalhes que ficaram confusos, mas nada que importe muito, provavelmente fui eu que não entendi ou o sentido original se perdeu na tradução. Pra mim é uma leitura obrigatória por causa dos temas e da reflexão que a Shelley propõe (a mulher era genial) , sobre ciência, as relações humanas, sobre a natureza das pessoas, sobre a criação (é basicamente um livro pró legalização do aborto) e gostei muito mesmo.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Child death and Death

recycled_personalities's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

It was a pretty good novel and I do recommend that you read it. The plot was a lot more complicated than I anticipated but it was still a good read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Body horror, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Medical content, Physical abuse, Suicide, Grief, Incest, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Violence, Toxic friendship, Murder, and Suicidal thoughts