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Cleópatra e Frankenstein by Coco Mellors

299 reviews

emilysshelf's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 41%

This book felt like someone trying way too hard to be edgy and artsy. I understand that everyone is flawed but the characters in this book were wildly irritating and all toxic. The dynamics in the friend group were frustrating and I found it hard to care for any of them. I had heard lots of love for this book and was super excited but was definitely let down. Most of the characters were so self absorbed. The age-gap, and “but shes an old soul and so mature for her age” personality had me stressed. Book was insufferable and it genuinely stressed me out, I couldn’t even hate-read and push through it. Maybe in the future I’ll try to reread but it’ll be in the FAR future once the sour taste it left in my mouth is gone.

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midnightrain_'s review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense medium-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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excritos's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 60%

I don't care what will happen with the characters anymore. 😑

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syvanah's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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ams5x9's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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tiredtristan's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional funny reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

4.5✨

“When the darkest part of you meets the darkest part of me, it creates light.”

I still don’t have the proper words to review this book. The way I still think of this book daily is honestly insane.
This was something different than I usually read and I’m so glad I picked it up.
-0.5 because:

the end chapter of chapter 10
WHY IS HE m**** IN A STEAKHOUSE BATHROOM
I don’t like Eleanor or her first person pov.
Why doesn’t Cleo get a happy ending :( but Frank, the guy who has more red flags than I have sticky notes, gets a happy ending?????

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han_amey's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional 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

This book does a brilliant job at capturing human emotions, and really shows that people really can be quite flawed. I loved how it flitted between different characters’ perspectives, even within one chapter. It meant i really got a strong feel about how each character is thinking and feeling throughout. Even though most of the characters were lowkey terrible, i felt attached to all of them in some way, which just made me want to keep reading.

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anatoledo's review against another edition

3.75

challenging emotional reflective sad

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I was engaged throughout, so that's a good sign, and overall, it make me think a fair bit, which maybe is the goal of literary fiction, rather than just enjoyment?

I thought Cleo and Frank were intriguing, but a little infuriating. The side characters were intriguing, but some were well-explored despite the limited time (e.g. Eleanor, Santiago), and some were not (e.g. Zoe, Quentin, Aspen).

I think because I didn't quite relate to the struggles of the main characters, I felt a bit exasperated by Cleo and Franks, and found my self often rolling my eyes at their choices.

Some quotes:

“Cleo nodded and turned back to the water. The sirens flashed on, bathing the river in light. Red. Manhattan was stretched out before her like a handful of jewels. Blue. The city that never wanted you to leave. Red. So it offered you everything, anything. Blue. It was time to go.”

“And there it was, the feeling she had been trying to deny, the dark, oily jealousy rising in her that Frank would do for Eleanor what he would never do for her. Eleanor got this version of Frank, the sober, thoughtful man who took her suggestions, while Cleo had endured the drunken predecessor like a fool.”

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kayday's review against another edition

3.25

dark emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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lillieeereads's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional funny hopeful sad slow-paced

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