Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Cleópatra e Frankenstein by Coco Mellors

300 reviews

malebrina's review against another edition

3.0

emotional reflective sad 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug use, Infidelity, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Alcohol

Moderate: Toxic friendship

Minor: Vomit

emisbooks's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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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i could not put this book down. SO. GOOD. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Alcohol

Moderate: Animal death, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Self harm, Transphobia

Minor: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment

rmakenzie's review against another edition

2.0

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I genuinely can’t tell if I enjoyed this book, but I’m leaning towards no. It randomly had really beautiful prose at times, but the rest of the time I was gritting my teeth and forcing myself to finish it. It’s almost like it was written like a movie. Too fast. Too much jumping through time. This book has almost no plot, so it should be character driven, but I felt like most of the characters were so….hollow. When you finally learned something about a character, or there was a breakthrough, the chapter would end, two months would pass, and suddenly you’re reading from someone else’s point of view. 

I wish this book gave us more of Zoe. She was a funny, insufferable, not entirely likable character.

 I hated the way Cleo was described throughout this book. We GET IT. She’s young! Blonde! Small! English! Angelic! Intense! If I have to read one more sentence about how innocent and cherubic and childlike she looks I’ll scream. 

I liked Eleanor alot. She was clever and raw. When the book was in Eleanor’s point of view I actually enjoyed the prose.

In summation, good for them I guess. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

laralixoxo's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark tense medium-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt

studydniowka's review against another edition

4.0

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-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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Jedna z lepszych #unhinged książek, jakie czytałam.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Alcohol

Moderate: Chronic illness, Misogyny, Grief, Death of parent

avareadsoccasionally's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional medium-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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I really liked the way the book explored the characters and their faults 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Death of parent

heather3086's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional funny informative reflective medium-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, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Gaslighting

angelaaaa's review against another edition

4.25

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, Death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug abuse, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury

kellyung's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional reflective sad tense 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Suicide attempt, Alcohol

katharinastb's review against another edition

4.25

dark funny inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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, Drug abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Alcohol

Minor: Animal death