Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Cleópatra e Frankenstein by Coco Mellors

290 reviews

holz_18'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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Alcohol

hwhafner's review against another edition

4.0

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

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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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide attempt

thedambookshelf's review against another edition

5.0

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Dysphoria

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Cursing, Transphobia, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

erynelle's review against another edition

4.25

emotional reflective sad slow-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Cursing, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicide, Transphobia

carlytenille's review against another edition

4.0

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

gracebuffin's review against another edition

5.0

challenging hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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i wanted to be petty and not give this 5 stars because the ending made me so mad 😭 but i knew it’d end up coming back and changing it. the book was just too good 😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug use, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Toxic friendship

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief

Minor: Dementia

rcornatzer225's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 15%

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Too much explicit sexual content. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol

lizby's review against another edition

2.0

dark 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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this book took me forever to read and by the 2 nd half i plowed through mostly bc i wanted it to be over. idk why i just couldn’t connect with any of the characters and just wanted to know the ending. unsatisfying

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Toxic friendship

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content

oceanwriter's review against another edition

1.0

dark tense slow-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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If I hadn't had this on my 'must-read in 2025' list that was glued into my reading journal, this would have been a DNF. I regret my compulsion to be a completionist. I feel ashamed for having even skimmed it; it was such an affront to my usual reading taste and content preference. I found some parts to be gratuitously graphic, empty, offensive, and even bigoted. I'm usually all for a darker premise with flawed characters, but these characters felt hollow with no redeeming qualities. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Animal death, Antisemitism, Death of parent

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Suicide

izzy_reads_books's review against another edition

4.5

dark funny inspiring 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: Suicide attempt

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Death of parent

Minor: Animal death, Sexual content