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Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley by Charlotte Gordon
4 reviews
michayla13's review against another edition
4.5
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Child death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug use, Incest, Miscarriage, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Trafficking, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and War
rieviolet's review against another edition
4.0
I still think that the book is good; it is very informative and also readable, once you manage to get into the rhythm of it. The language is not overtly complicated or inaccessibly academic.
The book is structured in a sort of dual narrative, following Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley in alternating chapters. While I can understand this authorial choice, sometimes it was still a bit hard to recall what had been going on previously, given this constant switch.
I quite liked that the author did not focus only on their personal lives, but also explored and analysed their body of work, of which I knew very little aside from the "big names" (Frankenstein and A Vindication of the Rights of Woman).
Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Gore, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Torture, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Classism
Minor: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Drug use, Fatphobia, Incest, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Religious bigotry, Acephobia/Arophobia, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Colonisation
lindseyhall44's review against another edition
5.0
To anyone interested in the amazing lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelly, I would highly recommend!
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Abandonment
talonsontypewriters's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, War, and Classism
Minor: Ableism, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Confinement, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Colonisation