Reviews tagging 'Transphobia'

Cleópatra e Frankenstein by Coco Mellors

112 reviews

rowanelisa's review against another edition

3.75

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol

imalittlechili's review against another edition

2.5

challenging emotional fast-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Sexual assault, Transphobia, Violence

meganreadsbook's review against another edition

2.5

dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Toxic friendship

Minor: Transphobia

dilarasnr's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Transphobia, Toxic friendship

Minor: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia

auteaandtales's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship

Moderate: Drug use, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Transphobia, Suicide attempt

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Racism

xbernadette's review against another edition

3.0

dark funny 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: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Alcohol

Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Grief, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Antisemitism, Abandonment, Classism

keesreads's review against another edition

2.0

dark sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Blood, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Deportation

alfietdonnelly's review against another edition

4.5

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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Devastating visceral and real, with a host of truly relatable peripheral characters and stories, a remarkable debut dive into contemporary prose.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship

Minor: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Transphobia, Suicide attempt

aseel_reads's review against another edition

3.75

reflective 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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i found the writing style so easy to read, which was such a strength because it is not an easy read otherwise. i actually liked the characters but i thought it was a shame that some of the side characters got meh endings, no real conclusion for their story 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Toxic friendship

psychedelicize555's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional funny fast-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: Self harm, Suicide attempt

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism

Minor: Transphobia