Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Cleópatra e Frankenstein by Coco Mellors

33 reviews

tasha_x's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional hopeful reflective 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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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Racism

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

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

aileron's review against another edition

1.5

funny reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Drug abuse, Dementia, Suicide attempt, Death of parent

Moderate: Mental illness, Racism, Suicide, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Toxic friendship

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

prism_'s review against another edition

2.0

dark sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Racism, Self harm

auteaandtales's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship

Moderate: Drug use, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Transphobia, Suicide attempt

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Racism

reginahafner_'s review against another edition

2.5

adventurous dark emotional 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Death of parent

Minor: Racism

lelelereads's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional funny 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

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so exhausting yet so immersive. I yearn for the characters, I want to know more about them, I wish I never knew them. couldn't care less yet have never cared so much.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm, Suicide attempt

Minor: Racism, Xenophobia, Sexual harassment

matildaesandell's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective relaxing sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Wow, I haven’t read a book where I could see things so viscerally in a long time. All of the dialogue was so realistic too. You love and hate the characters, and genuinely the character development was next level. Time flies because it goes month by month and jumps ahead and doesn’t waste time on anything unnecessary. I highlighted so many passages to remember and use in my own lifeS Very beautiful book I thoroughly enjoyed reading this

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Racism, Suicide, Death of parent

komal_b's review against another edition

2.5

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I really wanted to enjoy this! I think Coco mellors shows a lot of promise as a writer, however a lot of Cleopatra and Frankenstein fell flat for me. The book is largely character driven but there is little time for each individual character to show any development due to the frequent changing of perspectives.  In turn, they all become caricatures of themselves falling victim to predictable literary tropes. This coupled with the over-romanticising of mental illness made me struggle to finish the novel. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship