Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Cleópatra e Frankenstein by Coco Mellors

420 reviews

livangel's review against another edition

3.25

emotional funny reflective medium-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

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Honestly, it’s a very interesting take on every day life. I think it shows how “Cleopatra” and “Frankenstein“ are both monsters and victims.  It shows that no matter how hard you try, no matter how much you love each other, sometimes relationships are sometimes bad or toxic. It makes you think about how you view or judge people and reflect on where the problem truly lies. Definitely worth a read. The book does drag on sometimes, but that’s just part of its charm. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Medical content, Grief, Gaslighting

Minor: Animal death, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Death of parent

aprescriptiontoread's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death

Moderate: Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, Death of parent

Minor: Suicide

koalachlox's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark 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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The book was good with enough going on and good prose that moved relatively fast. I loved the two viewpoints and how it switches between them. I think it should have stayed as just the two viewpoints as I did not find the other viewpoints of any good especially not Eleanor, it was just annoying. Could have been a bit shorter too as the ending felt like it was dragging.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Suicide, Suicide attempt

dreadpiraterudis's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional tense fast-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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I didn’t like the start of the book; it felt self indulgent and a little too heavy handed in the romanticizing of the starving artist in New York trope. As they introduced more narrators, I really started to get into the story. It was great to hear characters like Eleanor and Zoe have a bit more of the main stage, but there were so many threads just abandoned when they could have been so interesting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Dementia, Death of parent

whatannikareads's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted reflective sad slow-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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while at times it felt a little long and the characters were a little annoying, it was overall a great read that gripped my heart. it leads you on a journey of two people with so much love for each other, but are dealing with their own demons so intensely that it causes a fissure between them. or maybe they were always doomed from the start. but i guess it follows the question of whether or not a love so deep is worth the immense hurt afterwards. cleo and frank's tumultuous relationship is an overwhelming rollercoaster ride at times. i also didn't really care for eleanor's chapters; i think it either should've been developed more or cut shorter. but man that last chapter alone bumped it up from a 4.25 to 4.5. a very devastating but fitting ending in my opinion that felt like it was written with rainbows and shimmering gold. probably one of the most touching final chapters i've ever read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail

jamieholton's review against another edition

4.75

challenging funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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The author made me relate to people I wouldn't think I'd be able to relate to. She has a smart wit and poignant observance that makes me appreciate all the small interactions in life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt

Moderate: Infidelity, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Death of parent

joeykills's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark emotional funny sad 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: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria

dalmi6580's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt

lizaxwin's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional funny 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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What an excellent story! It captured so perfectly what it feels like finding the wrong person at the right time. Or maybe they were the right person for each other after all?

I feel like Cleo and Frank needed each other to finally get better. Even though it nearly destroyed them.

I cherished their story so much as well as all the little glimpses we got into the lives of the side characters. I loved each and every one of them (esp. Santiago and Eleanor‘s mum). All the struggles that were portrayed in the book felt so organic and real and I was often moved to tears because I felt so deeply for the characters.

Can totally recommend reading this book, you can just tell how much hard work was put into this story! And the hard work really pays off!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt

Moderate: Infidelity, Death of parent

Minor: Animal death, Suicide

nenya's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring 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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this is the kind of book where you can’t really tell that the characters are becoming your comfort characters until you find yourself looking forward to keep reading it because of them. the book is incredibly character driven and provides a very diverse set of nuanced and delicately crafted people who all, in a sense harmonize (or conflict) with one another. cleo and frank, the protagonists are both lovable and also deeply flawed and traumatized, something you and the characters themselves come to understand throughout the course of the book. what i loved most about it was that the narration style gave you insight into every single person’s thoughts and sentiments (or at least of the most important ones) not only through different POVs separated into different chapters, but also sometimes within the span of a paragraph, switching back and forth in revealing each persons internal dialogue. 
the book felt like an anti-romanticizing telltale of several New Yorker lifestyles while also being deeply philosophical and thought provoking 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail