Reviews - Cleopatra Y Frankenstein

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Cleopatra Y Frankenstein

Daniel Casado Rodríguez, Coco Mellors, Coco Mellors

3.81 AVERAGE

_itsmegan's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

bri_reads7's review against another edition

2.0

2.3 I saw a review for this book, and it said "sometimes you read a book because it has a pretty cover" I think that is exactly how I found this book. I will say that it is not badly written. That is not why my review is low. I was just annoyed at every single person. I couldn't find anyone to root for. I was a tiny bit happy for Frank and Cleo by the end (More Frank than Cleo despite previous book behavior). I think the last 150 pages, I read in a couple hours compared to the other 200 and so pages took me 3 days. In summary, this was a book, I finished it, and I probably will forget about it by next week.

Spoiler

What Frank did to that sugar glider was wrong and I almost dnf'ed because of it.

mel_sh's review against another edition

3.5

"Finally, he humbly asked God for the strength to bear his hungry heart, the heaviest weight of all to bear."

i have had this book in by TBR since the second it was announced, and like most things in my life, i waited until absolutely everyone and their mothers heard about it and read it before finally picking it up myself. i'm not sure if it is the amount of time i waited to read this or if its the sheer amount of love and praise this book receives still to this day, but i found myself to be kind of underwhelmed.

this, by no means, is a bad book. the writing and the characters are all strong, and it is clear that coco mellors is a good story-teller. however, i found myself kinda wondering what this book brought to the table? it does have some interesting discussions about our upbringing and how much it affects our adult relationships. but on the whole, this book fails to do anything above average for me. i cared the modicum amount for the characters and rarely felt moved by their stories.
i think maybe the biggest issue is a personal one and that these types of characters simply don't interest me.

"They both sat in the absence of her confession. Each, understanding the other. Each, entirely alone in that understanding.