Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Cleópatra e Frankenstein by Coco Mellors

403 reviews

adamstristan's review against another edition

4.25

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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i really liked this. normally when i read litfic, i feel like it gets kinda slow in the middle, but i didn’t feel that way with this one. i was invested from start to finish. there were a few things that frustrated me (

ex. cheating, eleanor

), but that was probably intentional. cleo is very different from me, but i did feel like i related to her in a lot of ways and i had a soft spot for her even when she was being questionable. i thought the ending was decent. it mostly felt right, but a part of me felt like it was wrong and again, that was probably intentional.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Death of parent

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Transphobia, Vomit

findingmyshoes's review against another edition

3.0

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Blood, Dementia, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent

elkesreads's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional funny 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, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Dementia, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol

elinexmartens's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Alcohol

Moderate: Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Toxic friendship

leonie01's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail

modryzamek's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Grief, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail

fallandfox's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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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 Quando seu visto de estudante está perto de terminar, Cleo conhece Frank, vinte anos mais velho, com uma vida cheia de sucesso e todos os excessos que faltam a Cleo. Ele lhe dá a oportunidade de ser feliz, liberdade de pintar e se candidatar a um visto de residente. Ela lhe oferece uma vida de beleza, arte e talvez reduza o seu consumo de álcool.

Após se casarem impulsivamente, eles começam a lidar com as provações do casamento e da doença mental.

Ganhei este livro do meu namorado como uma surpresa após ter favoritado ele por ficar curiosa com a descrição.

Quando acabei o livro, fiquei aliviada, foi uma jornada intensa que eles tiveram, além de ser bem dolorosa. 

Adorei a escrita do Coco, ela tem uma forma de fazer você ficar grudado nas páginas rindo em um capítulo e após jogar o livro em um momento intenso de dor.

Este livro aborda o amor romântico, mas me pareceu mais abrangente ao demonstrar que, se não houver amor e lidar com os próprios problemas internos, um relacionamento pode se tornar um círculo vicioso de grande destruição.

O cenário de Nova York é importante para os personagens pelos ciclos que estão envolvidos, com a maioria interagindo com álcool e drogas com uma frequência preocupante.

Por isso, vemos muito o livro explorar o tema de vícios e destruição que pode acontecer quando você se desconecta. Gostei da resolução que a autora deu, os personagens continuam no meio da jornada, mas temos esperança.

Espero que, se você leu minha resenha, que tenha o desejo de ler esse livro. Recomendo para quem gosta de livros sobre o desenvolvimento psicológico dos personagens. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail

kri_0829's review against another edition

2.25

challenging dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual content, Transphobia, Violence, Gaslighting

Minor: Cultural appropriation

yosoyshin's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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No fue un libro para mi. La historia nunca me atrapó, los avances en esta línea del tiempo y el cambio constante de POV no terminaron de cerrar para mi. Que un personaje secundario que aparece a mitad del libro sea más interesante y tenga más personalidad que los personajes principales fue para mi la forma de darme cuenta que este libro no me gusta. La autora intentó abarcar muchos temas profundos a la vez, con muchos personajes, y falló en desarrollar ambas cosas.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Mental illness, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Toxic friendship

paige_olson_'s review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol