Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Cleópatra e Frankenstein by Coco Mellors

553 reviews

sarajee's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Drug use, Mental illness, Sexual content, Blood, Dementia, Suicide attempt

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Death of parent

I can't decide how I feel about this book. I didn't find most of the characters enjoyable but it was interesting to read about them and the book mainly had a good flow going with the story. I wish there was more about Zoes story which I feel like was left in the air like an afterthought. Quentin too. I didn't enjoy the introduction of Elenor or the format of her chapters. I just couldn't bring myself to care about her at all.

alisbleu's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

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, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Suicide, Death of parent

rylie_o's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny 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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Self harm, Suicide, Dementia, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Racism, Blood, Abandonment

aleilvandrea's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional reflective sad 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gore, Grief, Abandonment, Classism

Minor: Ableism, Transphobia, Antisemitism, Acephobia/Arophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Dysphoria

anniethepirate's review against another edition

4.75

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Suicide attempt

leonhardtj's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful medium-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

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I was going to say it was surprising to learn that years were passing, but you could feel a difference in writing/characters from end of book vs. beginning. 

The constant descriptions of doing drugs and cocaine were very boring. 

Once it got to the introduction of Eleanor, I was all in! The character, the humor, the style those chapters were written. I just want a whole book written in that format now. I felt like somehow those little bursts got more information across and made me feel more deeply connected to this character than any of the other characters in the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use

Moderate: Addiction, Suicide attempt, Alcohol

siriface's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt

catherinerowland'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: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Rape, Sexual content, Suicide, Blood, Dementia, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Alcohol

anh_read's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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While the novel centers around the relationship/marriage between Cleo and Frank, it also depicts its impact on their surroundings. As the novel follows a different character in each chapter, the reader gets a more in-depth look into their relationship

Therefore, the reader gets a better understanding why things didn’t work out between Cleo and Frank.

 

As I am not a big fan of romance novels, I am relieved that this novel didn’t turn out to be a typical and cheesy love story. Moreover, if you like Sex and the city, it definitely catches the vibe - just in a darker manner.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Alcohol

Moderate: Infidelity, Violence, Toxic friendship

Minor: Animal death, Sexual harassment

saskiasreading's review against another edition

3.25

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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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I didn’t like how it jumped from character to character. I didn’t care about quinton or anders etc etc i wanted more of frank and cleo

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Dementia, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Toxic friendship