Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Cleópatra e Frankenstein by Coco Mellors

206 reviews

jillianslay's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional funny sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Not bad! Bought it in a Waterstones in Highbury and Islington, I was sort of tipsy and wanted to buy a book so I picked this up. I've enjoyed it but I don't have any strong feelings about it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Suicide, Suicide attempt

Moderate: Alcoholism, Mental illness, Blood

Minor: Animal cruelty, Death of parent

bakingaitch's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional sad medium-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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This book has no plot. It was entertaining and I wanted to finish it but it is about the characters and not a story. It’s hard to explain. I don’t know if I liked it or not yet! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail

daja123's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark emotional sad slow-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, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Alcohol

bethbolton's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional hopeful reflective 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: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Drug use, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Blood, Alcohol

adamstristan's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional hopeful 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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i really liked this. normally when i read litfic, i feel like it gets kinda slow in the middle, but i didn’t feel that way with this one. i was invested from start to finish. there were a few things that frustrated me (

ex. cheating, eleanor

), but that was probably intentional. cleo is very different from me, but i did feel like i related to her in a lot of ways and i had a soft spot for her even when she was being questionable. i thought the ending was decent. it mostly felt right, but a part of me felt like it was wrong and again, that was probably intentional.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Blood, Suicide attempt, Alcohol

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Death of parent

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Transphobia, Vomit

findingmyshoes's review against another edition

3.0

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: Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Blood, Dementia, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent

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

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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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Suicide attempt

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content

elkesreads's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional funny hopeful 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

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Dementia, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol

hannah1604xx's review against another edition

4.0

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: Drug abuse, Self harm, Blood, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Alcohol

madisonrosehager's review against another edition

4.0

emotional reflective 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: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Dementia, Suicide attempt, Death of parent

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Blood

Minor: Animal death