Reviews with content warning for Alcoholism - Cleópatra e Frankenstein

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Cleópatra e Frankenstein by Coco Mellors

950 reviews

natrodriguez's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional funny reflective 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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emmacragg's review against another edition

4.0

emotional hopeful 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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awkdown's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional 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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sweetadeliene's review against another edition

3.75

emotional reflective sad slow-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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ashleep81's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 57%

found it so incredibly boring I was falling asleep

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illustratorsoph's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-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

Ultimately, I enjoy this book. It took about 100pgs for me to really get into it. I feel like it was long winded in places but I understand that that was needed to build the full story.
I did not find either Frank or Cleo likeable. My favourite character was Eleanor, she was funny and much more relatable. Overall a good read, some parts truly had me gasping in shock!

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meg_billedeaux's review against another edition

5.0

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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villanelleslvr's review against another edition

1.5

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

this didn’t do it for me. i loved mellors’ other novel and had high hopes for her debut. i enjoyed parts of this, like eleanor’s chapters that provided glimpses of her life and witty conversations, but other parts of this really unsettled and disgusted me. the death of the sugar glider, the graphic description of anders’ fantasies (if you can call violence a fantasy), and the overall way that women were treated and portrayed in this book all made me sick. that isn’t even mentioning the racism and prejudicial comments that many of the characters expressed. many of the characters seemed like stereotypes instead of well-written people. the comments about poland also upset me because it is a beautiful country with a wonderful culture (all countries have their own faults, the usa is at the top of that list lol). i found it hard to relate to any of the characters and the ending didn’t make me feel like any of the story was resolved. i was happy for santiago and dominique, though!

overall, very odd and off-putting. would not recommend unless you enjoy reading about pretentious nyc artists and advertisers, pain, and addiction.

honorable mention to two quotes:

p. 329:

“people are like this too, you know,” he says eventually. “we break.
we put ourselves back together. the cracks are the best part. you don't have to hide them.”

and on p. 334

“movie, melatonin, and (redacted),” she says, tapping out the words on my hand with her finger. “best night's sleep you'll ever have.”

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