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Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Her Daughter Mary Shelley by Charlotte Gordon

12 reviews

saige_creature's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

I was already inspired by Mary Shelley so learning of her mother was greater inspiration than I knew I could have. An incredibly crafted bio that makes you feel like you’re watching a historical drama! 
I love how detailed each chapter is on the world’s state. It shows us how the world around them effects them and gives a clear picture of where they are. Some of these details go on a bit, but I am still grateful to learn so much!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Child death

michayla13's review against another edition

informative fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Infidelity, Animal death, Suicide attempt, Rape, Incest, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Pregnancy, Drug use, Death of parent, Animal cruelty, Terminal illness, Religious bigotry, Miscarriage, Medical content, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Pedophilia, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Death, Child death, Cancer, Blood, and Abandonment

Minor: Suicide attempt, Miscarriage, Incest, Drug use, Animal cruelty, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, War, Terminal illness, Racism, Blood, Trafficking, Suicide, Sexual harassment, Rape, and Forced institutionalization

rieviolet's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

It took me a really long time to finish this book (apparently 9 months, wow!). I started out with the idea of reading a little bit every month, but then I kept getting distracted by other books and lost momentum. I think that this erratic reading pattern might have affected my overall enjoyment negatively; it really started to feel like an impossible and never-ending task to get through this.

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).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Child death, Pregnancy, Medical content, Violence, Mental illness, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Grief, Death, Sexism, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Classism, Torture, Gore, Child abuse, Ableism, Toxic friendship, Cancer, Chronic illness, Adult/minor relationship, Miscarriage, and Infidelity

Minor: Colonisation, Bullying, Animal cruelty, Religious bigotry, Racism, Murder, Acephobia/Arophobia, Drug use, Blood, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Incest, Alcoholism, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, Rape, and Animal death

lindseyhall44's review

informative slow-paced

5.0

Romantic Outlaws is one of the best biographies I have ever read! The pacing, narrative, and commentary made it hard for me to put this book down, and anxious to be reading late into the night. 
To anyone interested in the amazing lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelly, I would highly recommend!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Grief, Infidelity, Medical content, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Violence

tmickey's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Misogyny, Child death, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Death, Death of parent, Infidelity, Toxic friendship, and Grief

Moderate: Sexual content, Terminal illness, Cancer, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Alcoholism

Minor: Slavery, Murder, Sexual assault, Blood, Homophobia, Incest, and Forced institutionalization

lidia7's review

dark informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Sexism, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Death of parent, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Infidelity, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Sexual violence

Minor: Abortion, Incest, Rape, and Cultural appropriation

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Grief, Mental illness, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: War, Classism, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Toxic friendship, Child abuse, Abandonment, Infidelity, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Incest, Child death, Pregnancy, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Colonisation, Homophobia, Confinement, Racial slurs, Racism, Animal cruelty, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Xenophobia, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Rape, Ableism, and Sexual content

henrygravesprince's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Engaging & at times a very thrilling read. Very, very well-written and easy to read despite the length. I did take an extended break from reading shortly after I started this book & was unable to get back to it for over a year, but that was on account of my personal life, not the merits of the book. As an aside, a majority of the content warnings I’ve tagged for this are things discussed, not necessarily perpetuated, in the work.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Misogyny, Grief, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Suicide attempt, Child death, Death, Pregnancy, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic friendship, War, Abandonment, Child abuse, Incest, Religious bigotry, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Homophobia, Pedophilia, and Rape

It is worth noting there’s also a moderate amount of discussion of capital punishment (particularly during the French Revolution), as well as minor discussion of graverobbing and corpse exhumation. That aside, the content warnings I’ve listed are moreso attributed to the events (& occasionally, people) the book covers than anything seeming to be endorsed by the author. There may be some things I missed, since I took a long break from reading in the middle, but I tried to mark down everything as best I could, based on how much they reoccur and how prominent they are within the biographies.

beautifulpaxielreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

It took me nearly two months to finish Romantic Outlaws, but I am so glad I persevered. The amount of research that Charlotte Gordon did is staggering (over fifty pages of notes!) - and it shows on every single page of this dual biography.

More to come later.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Homophobia, Medical trauma, Suicide, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Murder, Fatphobia, Racism, Slavery, Xenophobia, Racial slurs, and Terminal illness

One mention of the g**** (anti-Ziganist) slur.

claireemma23's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

A truly excellent account of the lives of two extraordinary women. My favourite book of the year. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Suicide attempt, and Suicide