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These books are ranked using the tone + premise labels extracted for Frankenstein by Mary Shelley: A Dark Graphic Novel. Books rank higher when they are close on every selected axis.
Tone labels used: dark, sad, tragic, lugubrious, melancholy, moody, chilling, serious, philosophical, poignant, heartfelt, depressing
Premise labels used: creation gone wrong, mad scientist, man-made monster, abandonment, revenge, rejection, loneliness, responsibility, dangerous knowledge, ethical science
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their tone + premise embeddings are close.
A scientist’s drive to create life leads to an abandoned creation, tragic consequences, and a search for meaning.
Why this is here
Tone labels: melancholy · tragic · somber · dark · reflective · climatic · atmospheric · sad · brooding · depressing
Premise labels: mad science · creation gone wrong · ambition · forbidden knowledge · unnatural life · ethical experiment · created being · abandoned creation · responsibility
Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise
Distance: 0.0919
An original 1818 Gothic classic where a scientist creates life, then faces the human cost of abandonment.
Why this is here
Tone labels: gothic · dark · melancholic · haunting · somber · philosophical · emotional · tragic · dramatic · morally complex · poetic · beautifully haunting · unsettling · depressing · empathetic
Premise labels: mad science · creation gone wrong · scientific ambition · creator and creation · abandoned creation · moral responsibility · playing god · monstrous outsider · unchecked progress
Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise
Distance: 0.1086
Mary Shelley’s classic is reimagined as a lush graphic adaptation, blending abridged text with eerie, detailed illustrations.
Why this is here
Tone labels: gothic · horror · macabre · haunting · dark · beautifully terrifying · emotional · bleak · atmospheric · melodramatic · whimsical gothic · romantic
Premise labels: mad scientist · created monster · creator and creation · abandoned creation · moral dilemma · playing God
Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise
Distance: 0.1502
A Spider-Man experiment gone wrong creates a lethal new monster and leaves Peter facing devastating consequences.
Why this is here
Tone labels: dark · emotional · tragic · heavy · shocking · intense · melodramatic · sad · uneasy · B-movie horror
Premise labels: scientific accident · failed experiment · body horror · life-draining monster · rival villain · personal tragedy · heroic crisis · guilt spiral · responsibility conflict · identity crisis
Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise
Distance: 0.1697
An engineer is drawn into a secret coastal experiment probing life after death, with unsettling ethical consequences.
Why this is here
Tone labels: chilling · eerie · uncanny · dark · moody · spooky · unsettling · bleak · philosophical
Premise labels: mad science · life after death · scientific ethics · secret experiment · metaphysical inquiry · mad scientist
Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise
Distance: 0.1735
A man exposed to radiation begins shrinking daily, forcing him into a desperate fight for survival and selfhood.
Why this is here
Tone labels: dark · bleak · angsty · anxious · horrifying · disturbing · sad · tense · oppressive · melancholy
Premise labels: shrinking protagonist · survival against environment · body transformation · loss of size · radiation accident · toxic exposure · man vs nature · masculinity crisis · loss of control
Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise
Distance: 0.1740
In a poisoned future Earth, three survivors leave an underground refuge on a surface mission that exposes buried sins.
Why this is here
Tone labels: dark · bleak · gloomy · ominous · haunting · chilling · depressing · uneasy · fatalistic · somber · brooding · disturbing · claustrophobic · lonely
Premise labels: post-apocalyptic survival · surface expedition · underground refuge · poisoned atmosphere · mysterious phenomenon · buried secrets · survival ethics · morally compromised survival · revenge · guilt
Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise
Distance: 0.1781
In a flooded near-future town, a biologist and other recurring figures confront a climate-warped world where humans begin to change.
Why this is here
Tone labels: atmospheric · eerie · ominous · dreamlike · nightmarish · surreal · haunting · glauque · mysterious · suffocating · disquieting · terrifying · poetic · lyrical · unsettling · gorgeous and terrifying · depressing
Premise labels: climate collapse · environmental revenge · human mutation · parasite infection · evolutionary change · nature reclaiming · biologist protagonist · end times · human-animal boundary
Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise
Distance: 0.1790
A scientist’s device opens perception to hidden planes of existence, drawing him and his friend into terror.
Why this is here
Tone labels: eerie · creepy · atmospheric · dreadful · intense · sinister · hallucinatory · anxious · gothic
Premise labels: mad scientist · limited senses · alternate perception · hidden reality · interdimensional horror · forbidden knowledge · scientific hubris · experimental machine · cosmic terror
Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise
Distance: 0.1821
An elderly man journals the quiet end of humanity while caring for his unresponsive brother in a world reclaimed by animals.
Why this is here
Tone labels: melancholy · bleak · depressing · somber · quiet · haunting · reflective · introspective · hopeless · thoughtful · poignant · grim
Premise labels: end of the world · last survivors · human extinction · slow apocalypse · shrinking population · failed reproduction · caregiving · family bonds · isolated survivor · end of humanity
Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise
Distance: 0.1822
An exiled diplomat with a dangerous alien curse is hunted down to help humanity contact a new alien threat.
Why this is here
Tone labels: melancholy · darker · serious · philosophical · introspective · somber · tense · thrilling · grim · affecting
Premise labels: self-imposed exile · alien contact · damaged protagonist · rescued outcast · humanity at stake · deadly labyrinth · communication problem · moral dilemma · greater good · misfit savior
Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise
Distance: 0.1831
Twelve uncanny stories twist modern life, turning grief, technology, and desire into strange new monsters.
Why this is here
Tone labels: dark · weird · uncanny · unsettling · haunting · surreal · melancholy · witty · poignant · creepy · grotesque · thoughtful · tender · electric · disquieting
Premise labels: modern monsters · small-world distortions · human condition · speculative twists · everyday uncanny · tech consequences · memory loss · grief and longing · coming of age · human frailty
Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise
Distance: 0.1833
