Reviews tagging 'Transphobia'

CLEOPATRA AND FRANKENSTEIN by Coco Mellors

80 reviews

asphodelrose7's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Alcoholism

Minor: Transphobia, Infidelity, and Suicide attempt

utalit's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Sexual assault, Animal death, Homophobia, Sexual harassment, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Transphobia, and Drug abuse

adamparrishlover's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

3.5

it's kinda like gosspil girl for people that are currently debating wether or not they should get a sugar daddy to pay for their expenses. mostly questionable with some strong feminism sprinkled in here and there. 

Ah and also everyone in New York does coke like EVERYONE 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Grief, Death of parent, Addiction, Animal death, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Abandonment, Mental illness, Drug abuse, and Infidelity

Moderate: Sexual content, Transphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Suicide

mrs_gale's review against another edition

dark tense slow-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? No

1.5

Where was the substance? This was nearly four hundred pages and nothing really happens! It took me so long to read because I just wasn’t enjoying it, I'm completely baffled by the hype this book gets.

I kept waiting to read about the way that Cleo and Frank's relationship actually impacted their friends, but it never did!

It's just a variety of characters that somewhat link to Cleo and Frank, with a bunch of additional characters while mentioning a huge number of topics without exploring them much. The characters don't do much except drink and drugs. 

The number of characters is huge, some are only mentioned briefly. I did not care for a single one, not even the main characters. They had no redeeming qualities, just really immature and self-absorbed and not developed well. 

Shocked to discover it took 7 years to write! I did not enjoy this book, I cannot recommend it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Self harm, and Mental illness

Moderate: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Addiction, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Drug use, and Drug abuse

Minor: Grief, Sexism, Death of parent, and Transphobia

grace_r3ads's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Transphobia, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Self harm, and Blood

fictionalsarah'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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Self harm, Alcohol, Animal death, Addiction, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

Minor: Transphobia

aileron's review against another edition

funny reflective sad 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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Death of parent, Dementia, Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, and Addiction

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Racism, Suicide, Toxic friendship, and Transphobia

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

_rowan_'s review against another edition

dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Drug use, Toxic friendship, Death, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Sexual content, Death of parent, Grief, Vomit, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Medical content, Mental illness, Abandonment, Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

imalittlechili's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Fatphobia, Alcohol, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Drug use, Abandonment, Addiction, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Self harm, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Sexual assault, Violence, and Transphobia

meganreadsbook's review against another edition

dark 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Self harm, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, Infidelity, and Sexual violence

Minor: Transphobia