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Cleópatra e Frankenstein by Coco Mellors

616 reviews

catandherbooks's review against another edition

3.0

reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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It's not a bad book. Maybe it's even good. I can see what the author wanted to do, and did, buy mostly I just wanted it to be over with. At least now I know what all the fuss is about. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Self harm, Blood, Suicide attempt

Minor: Toxic relationship, Vomit

queenbri's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad 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

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I loved the character development, the drama, the setting, etc. Found some parts to be slow. But overall good read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Alcohol

pv_789's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt

Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Self harm, Sexual violence, Blood

nineinchnails's review against another edition

3.0

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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more detailed review to come but for now let’s just say it was a little disappointing 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide attempt

Moderate: Animal death, Drug abuse, Grief

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Suicide, Death of parent

Disordered eating

garfriendofmine's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional funny reflective 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

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i read this book in march of 2024 and it’s january 2025 and i still think about this book once a week (not always positive but undeniably worth reading in my opinion”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Dementia, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Classism

joanna_barcicka's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional hopeful 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug use, Suicide attempt

cleotheo's review against another edition

3.75

emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Alcohol

Moderate: Suicide, Dementia

Minor: Misogyny, Racism, Sexism

sofiarf's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship

Moderate: Animal death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Death of parent

sweetjuly_src's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional funny reflective sad tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Drug use, Infidelity, Sexual content, Vomit, Suicide attempt

Moderate: Self harm, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

theverticalbookshelf's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional funny 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: Complicated

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The cover art on this pulled me in and I stayed for the characters. This a pure character story. The plot simmers along slowly but there are many protagonists and many side pieces. The story largely follows Cleo and Frank, their marriage, their life, their direction. We are introduced to many friends and family along the way but the real star is Eleanor. She is the side piece character, who Mellors develops so well that she feels like the main character. She’s the humour, the character you love from the moment you meet her and her undeniably beautiful story. 

 

I thoroughly enjoyed this and whilst I didn’t feel like the plot was groundbreaking or anything new, Mellors has this way with words, with characters, with a story. 

 

Recommend as a sad girl novel. There are some trigger warnings here too so make sure you check those before diving in. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use