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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
Yes, even if it is about Cleo's and Frank's relationship, I think the other characters chapters add to the story.
I felt that the story unfolded pretty similarly to real life, where a relationship between two people is far more than that. (For example, whether you break up with your partner doesn't only evolve aroud your own feelings, it also depends on what your best friend will say about them, all your past relationships, how you grew up...)
I felt it was a fresh approach to the romance (?) genre, in how it subverted the almost sterile relationship between two people we've been reading about lately.
Even if some of the characters are less likable, I felt I still cared about them and wanted to know more about their story. I finished this book quite easily and couldn't get enough of it.
It's not a 4 star book because I felt that some stories were cut short, right when something big/ interesting would happen.
Also, I think Cleo's character was very stereotypical (in a good way) of the "detached woman in her 20's" trope that we've been seeing lately ...
Lastly, congrats to Coco, they said it took them 7 years to finish this book. It's such a magical but also ordinary story on human relations and how each one of us is so different and special. Much love 𓆩♡𓆪
Graphic: Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicide attempt
Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, Death of parent
Minor: Animal death
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cursing, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Transphobia, Gaslighting, Abandonment
Minor: Pregnancy
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Self harm, Sexual content
Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Blood, Dementia, Death of parent, Toxic friendship
Minor: Pregnancy
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicide
Moderate: Sexual content
Cleo meets Frank New Year's eve, by June they are married for the wrong and right reasons. This is their story, and the story of the people that are affected by their actions.
I fell in love with this book in the first chapter. The characters are real and raw with flaws, fights, and situations that just seem normal.
Cleopatra and Frankenstein explores the complexity of being a person with flaws, being in love, lust & marriage when your life before 'This Person' is messy at best.
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Alcohol
Moderate: Animal death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Medical content, Grief
Minor: Abandonment
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Homophobia, Transphobia
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Drug use, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt
Graphic: Self harm, Suicide
Moderate: Drug abuse, Sexual content