Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors

369 reviews

flavicou's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

Solid book. The characters were very lovable and I enjoyed all the different povs and these people just coming together and trying to be there for one another. The sad parts were really touching and the misunderstandings too.

The Eleanor PV was completely useless and totally unnecessary I think you could have told hecc tv and frank getting together in a different way without completely changing the format of the book for seemingly no reason. Just unnecessary.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Moderate: Suicide

kimmberr's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

i think Coco Mellors is genuinely becoming one of my favorite authors. she writes stories about people who feel so real and broken and raw. the books aren't plot driven, they're all people driven. and the people all mess up a lot, but she somehow pulls out the beauty in all of it. I will be thinking about this book for a long time

i technically would dock points for the couple chapters written from the random friends' povs (Quinten and Santiago) because i don't feel they added anything to the storyline, but the rest of the book was strong enough to me that i am choosing to ignore those 2 chapters

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Self harm, and Alcohol

Moderate: Animal death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Grief, and Death of parent

rhiannon_hall_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

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

4.0

A rollercoaster read that takes you through all the emotions. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

Moderate: Infidelity, Sexual content, Dementia, and Death of parent

eloot's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

I have never connected with each character of a book so fast. I need Greta Gerwig to make this into a film. I’m 24 and I love Cleo.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Forced institutionalization

Minor: Animal death, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

ellayeeles's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

Absolutely adored this book - I loved how each character had a different focus character within a group and gave real variety. I loved the characters and the universal feeling of loving someone who isn't the right one really fit home. Want to read again !

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Death of parent

Minor: Body shaming

intensidadluminosa's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Drug abuse and Drug use

ummebby's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing sad fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

ashlynregan's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad 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

4.0

This book is for New Yorkers cause I swear I know all of these characters IRL.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

juliarenae's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.0

I truly did not like the book in the beginning. However, seeing the characters grow and change within two years, made me enjoy them so much more in the manner they changed. I am very happy with the way it ended.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

curly_kate94's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Drug abuse, and Drug use