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A review by itotiani
Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
2.0
The transphobic pov of the writer ruined it for me.
If you wanna read it to see what all the hype is about, borrow it from a library, don't give your money to a transphobic author.
The cis straight characters get good development and satisfying arcs, even giving up realism in the case of a sugar baby's very unrealistic happy ending , but the trans character becomes a methhead pretty gratuitously off screen, so what we actually see goes from 0 to 100% way too quickly and is misgendered by the author throughout the whole book.
It took me a while of digesting the book to realize how deeply transphobic it was, so I see why a lot of people miss it, specially when the main character's stories are so compelling. Eleanor's chapter was my favorite in the book and I enjoyed it very much.
So I don't throw the 7 years it took Coco Melliors to finish this book in the trash, but I do think her transphobic views belong there. Like, girl, in 7 years you couldn't learn to view trans women as humans deserving respect and decent representation? Or at least to use the correct pronouns? This book could've been a 5 star if she had.
If you wanna read it to see what all the hype is about, borrow it from a library, don't give your money to a transphobic author.
The cis straight characters get good development and satisfying arcs, even giving up realism in the case of
It took me a while of digesting the book to realize how deeply transphobic it was, so I see why a lot of people miss it, specially when the main character's stories are so compelling. Eleanor's chapter was my favorite in the book and I enjoyed it very much.
So I don't throw the 7 years it took Coco Melliors to finish this book in the trash, but I do think her transphobic views belong there. Like, girl, in 7 years you couldn't learn to view trans women as humans deserving respect and decent representation? Or at least to use the correct pronouns? This book could've been a 5 star if she had.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide and Transphobia