Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Cleópatra e Frankenstein by Coco Mellors

950 reviews

madderhatter5304's review against another edition

5.0

emotional

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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Oh my Lord I love this book! The different characters that had a smaller role but still intertwined really well with the main characters/plot were really great! Everyone was f*cked up, but you still could love them through their problems.

I really loved Frank, he was kind and gentle, and an asshole sometimes (because of his addiction), it made him such a well-rounded character, I think. Cleo was an interesting one, because she wasn't necessarily loveable but I wanted her to be better, I wanted well for her. She just needed some mental help, which I'm very happy she got in the end.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Suicide attempt

Minor: Animal death

iriszephyr's review against another edition

3.0

dark fast-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, Child death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Suicide, Death of parent

nix_jinx's review against another edition

2.75

dark emotional funny 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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Glad I persevered to the end, but there were several chunks of this one that I straight-up hated. Not to say the writing was bad, or the story not worth reading, it was just extremely unpleasant. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship

magz96's review against another edition

4.0

emotional reflective 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

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Very character-driven. Not a big plot which is fine with me. I liked the different POVs of the side characters— gave them more depth. Kind of wanted the book to be longer so I could continue to hear the inner monologue of characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Suicide attempt

kjvita's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional 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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

swamp__hag's review against another edition

3.5

challenging 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug abuse, Self harm, Suicide attempt

mrsv3915's review against another edition

4.5

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: Infidelity, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide attempt

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Drug use, Mental illness, Alcohol

Minor: Suicide

meganffoster's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark emotional 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, Death of parent

caleighcoll's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional reflective sad tense 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt

Minor: Alcoholism

morganthecarrot's review against another edition

5.0

emotional 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Infidelity, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt

Moderate: Animal death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness

Minor: Suicide, Transphobia, Dementia, Death of parent