A review by aditi_801
Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective tense 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

5.0

Ok. So I literally loved this book to death. The struggles every single character went through were so prevalent and just so needed. To have a character like Chloe that thinks she needs the love of a man (future me, but hopefully not) and just struggles with finding the love of others, is so important. These characters are never shown in a relatable manner. Then there were characters like Zoe who struggled with supporting herself and was just stuck in life, and then women like Eleanor who questioned what they had in life (one of my fav characters). Every flaw of a character was never hated, though every character was individually fucked up. It showed the beauty of life's struggles. That it's never just you going through it, but everyone else too. There were some characters that you simply just hated without a doubt like Anders and Quinten, but there was also characters that you went back and forth on hating. It is easy to love Chloe and Frank together from the start of the book. They were adorable. But then you have to combine their problems together, and sometimes, those problems are unfixable, even with someone to lean on. I disliked Zoe at the beginning of the book. She hated our main character and seemed like a spoiled rotten bitch. But then, you learn all the struggles she faces and the fact that she has no one on her side. You emphasize with her because of this. I think that's what a lot of this book is about. And don't even get me started on the writing. It had me stopping to think about all the beauty there is in the world. TOO GOOD TO DESCRIBE. I want to write like Coco Mellors. That's all I can say. This book is simply perfect. Life is not easy in the slightest, and this book encompasses it entirely. 
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