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Cleópatra e Frankenstein by Coco Mellors

292 reviews

and_abigail's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional reflective sad medium-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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really excellent and stunningly written. the only reason it’s not five stars is because i think the author tried to touch on too many subjects (queer identity, racial identity, fat phobia) without going deeper into any of them. we got these characters perspectives for one or two chapters and never really fleshed out their issues in a meaningful way, esp with Quentin. otherwise it was very very good

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Physical abuse

mganallirt's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

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: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship

kayolay's review against another edition

3.25

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

lucykateburns's review against another edition

3.5

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: Sexual content, Suicide attempt

Moderate: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship

Minor: Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Forced institutionalization, Dementia, Death of parent, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

lisa00's review against another edition

3.0

emotional funny lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Alcohol

desilvuh's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Death of parent, Toxic friendship

bethanstanleyy's review against another edition

4.75

emotional reflective sad fast-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: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Dementia, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol

matt_needs_medicating's review against another edition

4.25

challenging emotional reflective 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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There’s so much to love about this book. Coco Mellors has a very captivating and intentional writing style; she felt very confident in exactly what she was aiming to say & never held back.
The centrepiece of this book is obviously the tempestuous relationship between Cleo and Frank; written in a dual POV. While the multiple POV format was effective in adding important depth and understanding to these characters, it also sometimes felt like it stifled the narrative’s natural development. I’m wondering whether this book may have been even better if it was told exclusively from Cleo’s perspective. Not to mention there was separate individual chapters for Quentin, Santiago, and Zoe, which again, while entertaining enough, didn’t really add anything substantial to the narrative. A pleasant distraction, but a distraction nonetheless. 
I did really enjoy the thought you could tell Mellors put into making sure these characters didn’t fall too far into particular character archetypes - the old drunk, the tortured young artist- occasionally it would feel like they slipped into that territory, but they were always able to be rescued.  
Reading back through, it does sound like I’m being too harsh on this book considering that I really enjoyed it. This book, much like Cleo & Frank, has flaws, but remains lovable & worthwhile regardless. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicide attempt

Moderate: Animal death, Toxic relationship

aditi_801's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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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Ok. So I literally loved this book to death. The struggles every single character went through were so prevalent and just so needed. To have a character like Chloe that thinks she needs the love of a man (future me, but hopefully not) and just struggles with finding the love of others, is so important. These characters are never shown in a relatable manner. Then there were characters like Zoe who struggled with supporting herself and was just stuck in life, and then women like Eleanor who questioned what they had in life (one of my fav characters). Every flaw of a character was never hated, though every character was individually fucked up. It showed the beauty of life's struggles. That it's never just you going through it, but everyone else too. There were some characters that you simply just hated without a doubt like Anders and Quinten, but there was also characters that you went back and forth on hating. It is easy to love Chloe and Frank together from the start of the book. They were adorable. But then you have to combine their problems together, and sometimes, those problems are unfixable, even with someone to lean on. I disliked Zoe at the beginning of the book. She hated our main character and seemed like a spoiled rotten bitch. But then, you learn all the struggles she faces and the fact that she has no one on her side. You emphasize with her because of this. I think that's what a lot of this book is about. And don't even get me started on the writing. It had me stopping to think about all the beauty there is in the world. TOO GOOD TO DESCRIBE. I want to write like Coco Mellors. That's all I can say. This book is simply perfect. Life is not easy in the slightest, and this book encompasses it entirely. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Alcohol

Moderate: Infidelity, Mental illness, Violence

esme_may's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-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 worried at first that I wasn't going to like this as much as I expected but as I kept reading it really grew on me. I didn't like all the characters but was able to root for them because they felt so human

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Violence, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Grief