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Cleopatra and Frankenstein
by Coco Mellors
CLEOPATRA AND FRANKENSTEIN by COCO MELLORS
Wow.
I’ll admit something to you that makes me come across badly, but I’ll do it because what’s Instagram if not a kind of cyber confessional booth?!
So when I saw the writer’s beautiful photo at the back of the book and read her description of Cleo (beautiful, long blonde hair and bohemian), I thought this book was a self-indulgent exploration of Mellors’ own life. Oh how wrong and how cruel I was. In fact, Mellors has created a cast of characters who are all so unique and three-dimensional, that I found myself thinking ‘that’s so Frank!’ No one in the book is entirely ‘good’; they’re all flawed and completely loveable because of it.
I loved the dialogue and the chemistry between the characters and I could have read about 700 pages more of it. Mellors has clearly closely observed people and conversations in order to produce something so authentic, yet so beautiful.
I really really loved this book, even though I didn’t particular enjoy reading it to begin with. By the end, I couldn’t stop reading. And I’d even read a sequel (not that it’s that type of a book).
Believe the hype on this one.
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Wow.
I’ll admit something to you that makes me come across badly, but I’ll do it because what’s Instagram if not a kind of cyber confessional booth?!
So when I saw the writer’s beautiful photo at the back of the book and read her description of Cleo (beautiful, long blonde hair and bohemian), I thought this book was a self-indulgent exploration of Mellors’ own life. Oh how wrong and how cruel I was. In fact, Mellors has created a cast of characters who are all so unique and three-dimensional, that I found myself thinking ‘that’s so Frank!’ No one in the book is entirely ‘good’; they’re all flawed and completely loveable because of it.
I loved the dialogue and the chemistry between the characters and I could have read about 700 pages more of it. Mellors has clearly closely observed people and conversations in order to produce something so authentic, yet so beautiful.
I really really loved this book, even though I didn’t particular enjoy reading it to begin with. By the end, I couldn’t stop reading. And I’d even read a sequel (not that it’s that type of a book).
Believe the hype on this one.
#book #bookstagram #bookstagramuk #bookstagrammer #bookrecommendations #bookreview #bookrecommendation #bookreader #bookreviewer #bookreviews #bookrecs #cocomellors #cleopatraandfrankenstein