Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Cleopatra und Frankenstein by Coco Mellors

188 reviews

readwithsaray's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug use, Infidelity, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

saskiasreading's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.25

I didn’t like how it jumped from character to character. I didn’t care about quinton or anders etc etc i wanted more of frank and cleo

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Animal death, Alcoholism, Dementia, Eating disorder, Self harm, Death of parent, Drug abuse, and Infidelity

emm4reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Addiction, Blood, Alcoholism, Animal death, Drug use, Grief, Infidelity, Death of parent, Mental illness, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

theraindiary's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Abandonment, Animal death, Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Dysphoria, Infidelity, Medical content, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death of parent, Misogyny, and Transphobia

virgomoon9's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Death of parent, Drug use, Mental illness, Suicide, and Dementia

crawforl's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Vomit, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, Self harm, Chronic illness, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Blood, Dementia, Drug use, and Infidelity

readersmultiverse's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.5

• Brilliant writing, very creative and immersive. 
• Important topics were explored well. 
• Plot was almost non-existent. It was just New York, alcohol, drugs, infidelity and vibes. 
• More of a character case study kind of book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

Moderate: Alcoholism, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Animal death, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Infidelity, and Gaslighting

junenez's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.75

Interesting.  Cleo and frank are two messed up people with messed up friends.   These were some wild people!  Drugs,sex, etc.   I was pretty much annoyed at how messed up all the characters were.  I was hoping they would all figure it out but that's not what happened.  Different from what I usually read and I enjoyed the storyline for the most part.   Can't say I liked any of the people in this book! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Addiction, and Infidelity

lngoldstein's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Toxic friendship, Dementia, Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Infidelity, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Mental illness, Animal death, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Death of parent, and Suicide

djenkin96's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

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

2.5

I really struggled to read this book, which was a shame after so many recommendations. I felt that things were often repeated. The author kept eluding to Cleo being like cleopatra, beautiful and captivating, however every descriptor she used made her sound odd looking. I found some parts the writer had gone into depth and created great back stories but then abandoned them with no further mention. 
At the end I didn't feel like Cleo actually changed or developed as a character ? But the writer emphasises she has by new artwork. All in all I did not find myself wanting to finish it, more to move on to something else.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Addiction, Drug abuse, and Suicide

Moderate: Mental illness, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Infidelity, Abandonment, Animal death, Eating disorder, and Alcoholism