Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors

24 reviews

rike125's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

swetha062's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense 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

4.5

I think in any case that love would sustain you, their life would be a prime contradicting example of that. Cleo and Frank find solace in things except each other. Coco mellors does a great job of catching the intricacies of love between two beings and what makes them want to choose the other. She captures the depth of falls and misses in these moments. Empathy being the key to finding peace, she explains every relationship in the book desperately needing that for themselves. It's beautiful and none of their reasonings fell flat. 

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Content Warnings

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

lidia7's review

dark emotional reflective medium-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

took me a while to get into it (about 20%) and i thought i was going to dnf but then i ended up reading 80% or more of the book in one night.
love the writing style
a lot of TWs, sorry if i forgot some

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, Infidelity, Blood, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Homophobia, Sexism, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, and Medical content

gabrielaclarke's review

dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Self harm, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

itsjadenbaby's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

I wish I could give this book 10 stars. My best read this year by far! The story is simply so real. The emotions expressed are raw and nearly every page moved me. Please look up trigger warnings though!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child abuse, Blood, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Minor: Animal death, Drug abuse, and Misogyny

frannyrdclark's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Infidelity, Self harm, and Sexual content

Minor: Child abuse and Vomit

billynev's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny medium-paced

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

4.5

At times an exhilirating read! The characters are beautifully crafted with each given their own interesting backstory. Since perspectives change between the different characters we get to put ourselves in all their shoes (the perspective switches might have been too frequent even). The chapters/passages with Frank & Cleo are real page-turners and carry the book in my opinion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Self harm, Toxic relationship, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Addiction and Child abuse

femi_nasty_biblio's review

dark emotional reflective sad tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Abandonment

adrienne_rennie's review

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Dementia, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual content, Dementia, Grief, and Dysphoria

aseel_reads's review

reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

i found the writing style so easy to read, which was such a strength because it is not an easy read otherwise. i actually liked the characters but i thought it was a shame that some of the side characters got meh endings, no real conclusion for their story 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship