Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Cleopatra en Frankenstein by Coco Mellors

257 reviews

harry_lemon's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

5⭐
Wow! This book was amazing. If you are anyone going through a transition in your life - whether that's work, love, school, or just figuring out who the next version of yourself is - this is the book for you!

I'll admit, it took a minute for me to get into the story at the beginning; I was almost apathetic to Cleo and Frank just because I didn't seem to terribly care about their stories. But, as the book went on and I learned the cast of characters, I began to feel for each of these individuals like they were real people. 

Mellors does an amazing job of keeping you guessing on where the next bit of drama is going to happen and wondering what love really is. I think anyone can relate to at least one person in this story. 

Also, if you're looking for a book rec for someone in their early- to mid-twenties, this is the book for them!!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

allythegingy's review against another edition

emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Cute. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Suicide

tasha_x's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Alcohol

Moderate: Racism

desired_moon's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I really enjoyed this book. it felt so raw, so real. In man was i found myself in this book. 

but man - i fucking hate Frank. every other character i could still see their good sides, but not Frank. i will never forgive him for what he did to the sugarglider. i will die a Frank hater.
also im really sad about quentins end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Sexual assault

Minor: Grief

lucyduller's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad slow-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

5.0

I read the reviews of this book immediately after finishing it and became so defensive of the book that I knew it was a 5 star read, that and the endless tears escaping in the last chapter.

I will admit this book isn’t for everyone, it’s a miserable, quite depressing book, with a writing style poetic yet dull, so I understand why people don’t like it, but those are the reasons I loved it. 

I agree that during the book I sometimes get lost, but to call it trauma p*rn is ridiculous, I think it’s real and raw and honest. I also found it really funny at parts so to say there is no relief I think is being hyperbolic. 

The cast of ensemble characters that we see vignettes of really made me love this book, characters are what I fall in love with in stories, not the plot, and so to have a cast of fleshed out people was so interesting and made for a richer read. Also it really set the scene of a book set in NYC, it made it so much richer. 

But at the end of the day, and the book, it’s about Cleo and Frank and 💔 their tragic love is - for me- up there with Marianne and Connell of Normal People, and Em and Dex of One Day. Which is why I cried so much at the end. Two people, so not right for each other but who try and love each other despite all that. 

For this to be Coco Mellors’ debut novel made me INSANE, but also the fact that it took 7 years to write makes so much sense to me. Writers, take all the time you need if it means you can write books like these. We don’t need a factory of churned our books (Colleen Hoover, James Patterson, Matt Haig, even *gasp* Emily Henry). 

Because books like these make me fall back in love with reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

leabhar_love's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Drug use, Animal death, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Self harm, Suicide, and Emotional abuse

queenbri's review against another edition

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

3.75

I loved the character development, the drama, the setting, etc. Found some parts to be slow. But overall good read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Drug use, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Suicide attempt, and Drug abuse

nineinchnails's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

more detailed review to come but for now let’s just say it was a little disappointing 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Infidelity, Alcoholism, Self harm, Drug use, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Grief, Animal death, and Drug abuse

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Death of parent, Suicide, and Addiction

Disordered eating

garfriendofmine's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Drug use, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Terminal illness, Dementia, Death, Mental illness, Infidelity, Animal death, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Cursing, Classism, Blood, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Vomit

jenni_bear's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense slow-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

5.0

This book was horrific but beautiful; reading it will make you judge a stranger differently than before <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Addiction, and Sexual content