Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Cleópatra e Frankenstein by Coco Mellors

951 reviews

leah25loveslife's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional hopeful 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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I’m always a little wary of books that become popular these days, because popularity isn’t always a direct result of good writing, but I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed this, especially given that I don’t usually read character driven novels. This story took me on a journey, and there are many moments where I felt touched and seen. In particular was chapter 13, which ended with me crying quietly on the couch and feeling far more for Anders than I ever thought I would. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Self harm, Violence, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Alcohol

hlizabeth121's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse

noemief's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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 cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Dementia, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

piasta's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional 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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2025 geht direkt gut weiter: Ein sehr angenehmes und tiefes Buch. Der Schreibstil hat mir sehr gefallen. Die Charaktere haben sich sehr echt angefühlt (nur, dass es random ein oder zwei POVs von Eleanor und Quentin gab, war weird, aber nötig, um ein vollständiges Bild der anderen Charaktere zu zeichnen). Frank alias Frankenstein: Das missverstandene Monster, das auch der Suche nach einer Partnerin ist und dabei Menschen tötet. Machtgefälle zwischen den beiden Hauptcharakteren - arm und reich, jung und alt. Zum Scheitern verurteilt? Cleo: Die Suche nach sich selbst. Denken, man sei nicht mehr Liebe wert.  Erwachsenwerden?
All in all ein Roman, der so nicht hätte länger sein dürfen und mir stellenweise ein Lächeln aufs Gesicht gezaubert hat. Subtile Tiefe, die nicht gezwungen wird.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Toxic relationship

Moderate: Suicide attempt

Minor: Toxic friendship

stardustlex's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny 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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Every single character that was introduced was interesting and unique, something I believe to be integral to a good book. Cleo and Frank were both, in their own weird ways, characters worth rooting for, even when they did make it hard. I also appreciated that the author made both of them make decisions that were unforgiveable, horrible, irredeemable, and yet redeemed them. I often find that authors try to redeem characters that haven't yet become bad, but Cleo and Frank definitely made some huge mistakes. The Jesus incident did make it very hard for me to root for Frank after that point, but I'm also a little bit too much of an animal lover to really expect otherwise. Overall, I just really appreciated the author's willingness to go there, something not all authors are willing to do. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide attempt

izzhull2903's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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My favourite book I fell in love and had my heartbroken while reading this 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt

averagewoman's review against another edition

4.5

emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism

andreadavis's review against another edition

3.0

emotional 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: Alcoholism, Suicide attempt

baroness_in_red's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional funny 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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I enjoyed the variety of characters and real life problems, including childhood trauma and coping mechanisms people have. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug use, Suicide attempt

libby_thibeault's review against another edition

3.75

emotional reflective 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: Alcoholism, Self harm, Suicide attempt

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Death of parent

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Terminal illness