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Cleopatra and Frankenstein is a literary fiction masterpiece and in-depth character study. It’s the type of book that readers need to put some work into — you learn about the characters passively, by connecting the dots between their dialogue and their actions/behaviors. It’s a book worth annotating because so much is said between the lines.
Throughout the book you go from loving Cleo and Frank to hating them both, individually and as a couple. They’re messy, flawed, toxic people who bring out the worst in each other, and yet: “when the darkest part of you meets the darkest part of me, it creates light.”
It’s as beautiful as it is heartbreaking. It’s raw, it’s messy, it’s human. 5/5 stars⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Definitely adult content w/ triggering subjects. Check for content warnings ❤️🩹
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Transphobia, Grief, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Dysphoria
Moderate: Death of parent
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship
Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Alcohol
Moderate: Infidelity, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death of parent
Minor: Animal death, Vomit
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Death of parent
Moderate: Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Grief, Toxic friendship
Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt
Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship
Graphic: Addiction, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Self harm, Sexual content, Blood, Dementia, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Alcohol
Moderate: Lesbophobia
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Death of parent
Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Transphobia, Grief, Gaslighting, Dysphoria