A review by thisisris
Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

3.0

This book follows the marriage of Cleo, a 24 year old struggling artist in New York City, and Frank, a successful business man in his 40s, as well as many of the people in their lives during the duration of their marriage.
 
The story is really beautifully written, the author does a great job of creating a full picture of each character and where they are in life. However, I personally found it hard to connect or care about the main protagonists of the story (Cleo & Frank) and was much more interested in the small insights we got into the lives of the secondary characters. Frank’s younger sister, Zoe, was by far my favourite character and I spent most of the book wishing the story was about her rather than Frank & Cleo.
 
Although this book moves through time very quick, it reads at a very slow pace. It is well written, but I think the story itself is just personally not for me but I would definitely recommend this book to others who enjoy this type of story! I also look forward to seeing more books by this author. 
 
Big thank you to Netgalley and Bloomsbury for the digital ARC!
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