Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors

33 reviews

serenarg's review

dark sad tense fast-paced

2.0

interesting but not worth the countless mental health triggers!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Transphobia, Grief, Gaslighting, and Dysphoria

kayolay's review

dark emotional hopeful 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

nosophiesallowed's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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

4.0

i’m nosy, therefore i loved reading this.
didn’t feel emotionally connected to the characters though which explains the 4 star rating. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Body shaming and Death of parent