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Cleópatra e Frankenstein by Coco Mellors

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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emotional reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

i liked this book but i think blue sisters was a stronger novel from coco mellors. if you like character driven stories, especially where the characters are kind of insane and unlikable you would probably enjoy this book. didn’t feel slow or boring at all, though my main gripe is that frank is such an unlikable character and
i hated that he ended up with what i think is a happier ending than cleo
 

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challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad 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

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emotional sad slow-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

Ich fand es sehr Charakter bezogen, aber es waren auf jeden Fall interessante Charaktere dabei.
Allgemein ein schönes Buch, aber es hat mich nicht komplett gecatched.

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dark emotional reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

i loved and hated this book, not because of anything wrong with the writing but because the writing was so raw and the storyline and characters pissed me off. it was very realistic and unforgiving and that frustrated me. reminded me of normal people. i think every woman in their 20s should read it. the book demand reflection and empathy.

i think cleo is deeply relatable for anyone who's suffered with depression, emotional abuse and/or traumatic childhoods. i really do wish the best for her and i wish she had a truly supportive group of people around her.

as a lot of other people mentioned, it feels as though theres no resolution to a lot of the conflicts. its reslly frustrating but i think its quite realistic. a lot of times in life, you dont get the closure you want or deserve. life just keeps moving and you have to find your own ways of accepting the unjustness of it all. 

key highlight is to simply avoid men like frank. even if he does change, it is not worth it at all. i wish there were stronger female characters but maybe thats the point. to highlight if there were stronger female characters and stronger friendship bonds, a lot of the context could have been avoided.



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i dont think frank deserved happiness with eleanor, not after everything he did to cleo and moved on with eleanor without reconciling with cleo. but its realistic for a man to be what you need him to be only after you left him. and its frustrating and raw and painful for him to have moved on quicker even if he doesnt deserve it. but also pisses me off that eleanor could do that to a fellow woman. her telling frank to go to rome felt so virtue signalling. a lot of people say the feminism themes in the book come off as performative and i dont know how intentional the book really was meant to me but it feels intentional because i think in reality, people are very performative in their actions. i also think the performative part highlights the difficulties of abusive relationships and toxic power dynamics. 

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

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dark emotional sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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hopeful reflective relaxing sad 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

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reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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rcornatzer225's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 15%

Too much explicit sexual content. 

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