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joannalouise's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, War, Child death, Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, and Drug use
Moderate: Death of parent
kteq's review against another edition
dark
reflective
sad
medium-paced
3.75
This started to hit different about halfway through, and I became more invested as a listener. I’m walking away with a sense that this was a tragedy, primarily, with speculative historical fiction as a secondary element.
There is Eurocentric 1800s-typical convention and language surrounding gender, marriage, disability, etc., with one timeline highlighting how the Romanticism of Shelley’s contemporaries was unable to subvert any of that in a meaningful way. No mention or exploration of race or class; the translator makes an afterward about the biographical and geographical research that went into the original novel and its translation.
There is Eurocentric 1800s-typical convention and language surrounding gender, marriage, disability, etc., with one timeline highlighting how the Romanticism of Shelley’s contemporaries was unable to subvert any of that in a meaningful way. No mention or exploration of race or class; the translator makes an afterward about the biographical and geographical research that went into the original novel and its translation.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Ableism, Infidelity, and Sexual content
Minor: Child death
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