Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors

397 reviews

reneest's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Addiction and Alcoholism

Moderate: Self harm

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

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

eleanorferrari17's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

I really enjoyed this book. Beautifully written dialogue between characters, with every argument, party and outing uncovering a different side to the characters. Cleo, Frank and Zoe felt like fully fleshed out people, and I felt very invested in their storylines.

I’ve voted it 3.75 because I finished it wanting more from some of the storylines, and some things were left unresolved

Zoe and her acting career / new man, and Anders and the whole Cleo affair

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Mental illness, Self harm, Blood, and Alcohol

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

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

batforanna's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

Moderate: Drug abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Dementia, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

nessafurtado's review against another edition

reflective fast-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

3.25

I finished this book a few days ago, trying to digest, trying to see if it would have a impact on me; it didn’t. My biggest complain is: the men in this book are unbearable - all of them. Even the gay friend, all of them rich, spoiled brats, who never grew up. Frank needed 2 women to “fix” him. The women I cared a little more - specially Cleo and Zoey, although they could be at times very annoying. Eleonor… idk, she was there being used as “the good funny person”. I didn’t know shit about this book when I picked it up, maybe if I knew I wouldn’t be so disappointed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Self harm, Death of parent, and Alcohol

begobego's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Addiction

lindseybkoehler's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, and Forced institutionalization