A review by charbck
Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors

emotional reflective tense 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

the story was compelling and ms mellors absolutely had me turning the pages, and i appreciate her prose and the story structure, but i could not connect to these characters which is a shame. theyre interesting, theyre troubled, they have complicated motivations. but i couldnt click w them, which is what makes a good book great (for me) 

what SUPER bothered me was all of the characters. besides like santiago bc they needed someone to fix all the problems. were SUPER MISOGYNISTS! just look over cleo like shes a doll play thing. and the woman characters give their #feminist comment that the men get annoyed at but they keep sleeping together?? they keep hanging out??? me personally if a middle aged man made a misogynistic remark while flirting w me i would get out of that mans life not MARRY HIM. anyway. even after frank got sober he still just does not understand women at all and eleanor just rolls her eyes for the rest of their lives? whatever

also why is santiago getting married all of a sudden when he just saw cleo and franks marriage fall apart. hello? 

ALSO being marked as lgbtq when its just quentin (who sucks) being closeted and trans for 1 chapter???

and then he ends up strung out on meth and terrible???? #killyourgays

#representation