A review by padfootsbookshelf
Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors

dark emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

I hated frank. With a passion.

Maybe im just young and missed the point but all cleo wanted was to be loved the same way she loved him and he just refused to give her that. i forgive cleo for sleeping with anders as she was seeking any kind of love after frank just outright neglected loving her. he expected her to be the bigger person constantly when he should look at himself and realise hes the massive man child here and maybe she is just a normally young gal trying to just love. I also hated how he wanted to wait to have sex with eleanor and slept with cleo on the first night. It seemed soaked in purity culture when he was so obsessed when he finally slept with Eleanor. why is he such a knob omg. Hate frank club. poor cleo is the victim imo. I jsut wanna give her a hug.

i know i just ranted but i hate the character not the book. Adored the rest of the characters and just felt a lot during this book.