Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Cleopatra and Frankenstein, by Coco Mellors

11 reviews

yourariesbby's review

dark emotional sad slow-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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Death, Grief, Homophobia, Alcohol, Misogyny, Self harm, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Cursing

sofiadanielle's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

Hmm, I’m still trying to capture how I feel about this book. It’s certainly not my usual type of read, but I was hooked after giving the first few pages a read at a bookstore. 

I think there were moments of brilliance in the book, for sure; to highlight- Zoe’s and Santiago’s chapters were wonderful. 

I can’t say that all the content was really ‘for me,’ (the depictions of a craze, drug and alcohol filled life, parties galore, etc), but I’m aware this lifestyle exists outside my own, and it was ‘interesting’ to read about. 

Breezed through the book, though, and thought the writing was quite nice!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Suicide attempt, Drug abuse, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Self harm, Death of parent, Terminal illness, Sexual content, Misogyny, and Emotional abuse

goldseamedglass's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad 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

4.5

This was like reliving my 20s in a way. I felt so ambivalent about every character the same way I felt about my own close friends during that time. That impressed me but what really astounded me was how realistic the conversations and especially the arguments were. How the disagreement comes in waves. How a lull would, in most books, be the moment when the characters turn it around and make amends, but in real life, and in this book, instead turn into a hint at something unresolved that simply sends tensions soaring again. Superbly well written! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Animal death, Transphobia, Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Rape, Misogyny, Sexual content, Body shaming, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Homophobia, Gaslighting, and Fatphobia

studydniowka's review

emotional inspiring 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

4.0

Jedna z lepszych #unhinged książek, jakie czytałam.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicide attempt, Animal cruelty, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Suicide, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Death of parent, Chronic illness, Grief, and Misogyny

pizzapie68's review

dark emotional tense 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

4.0

Mellors tells the story of a new couple and the people around them. Through multiple lenses, readers understand how all these people fit together and grow apart. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Infidelity, Animal death, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Addiction, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, Grief, and Transphobia

ganderson's review

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

Best summed up in its own words: "it often seemed nothing very much was happening in [the story] until something startling and ireconsilable did." Very poignant, incredibly intense. The discussions of addiction are handled very well, but huge trigger warnings if you or someone you love is in active addiction. 

Edit: after thinking more for a few months I'm bumping this down. I was in too much shock at the ending to address it at the time, but...

Spoiler

I think Quentin was incredibly hard done by as a character. The absolute shock transition into meth addiction blew my mind and completely shook me. I think that might be because I found this book through searching for LGBT books, and the book description particularly focuses on Quentin gender identity - for that to be a very, very minor story line and for Quentin's character to be given such a dark ending. I also felt similar about Frank's sister, who's story line of entering a sugar baby/daddy relationship didn't have fruition until the end of the novel despite being another central part of the book description. It felt misleading, and very much in Quentin's case like a 'bury your gays' trope that I've sat uncomfortably with for a while now. I really don't recommend this book on those themes at all.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Addiction, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Eating disorder, Transphobia, Animal death, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Infidelity, Dysphoria, Misogyny, Homophobia, and Self harm

lucykateburns's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt and Sexual content

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, and Homophobia

Minor: Chronic illness, Abandonment, Injury/injury detail, Classism, Death of parent, Dementia, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Self harm

neevechristine's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

This took me longer to read than the average book, but the final 100 pages I read in one sitting. In the final 10 pages I was crying and banging the book against my head. It’s gorgeous and heartbreaking and raw. It filled a void I didn’t know existed 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Rape, Transphobia, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Mental illness, Infidelity, Grief, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Dementia, Death of parent, Alcoholism, and Addiction

marjoleinvanderspoel's review

dark emotional fast-paced

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

2.0

Boy oh boy. Is two stars too generous? This was in turn exciting to read because the author is actually pretty good and also excruciating to read because the characters were unbelievably self-absorbed, annoying and fake. The only character I kind of liked was Zoe, but she got like no time at all in the book. Why even include her if she wasn't important/going to get a good story arch? Well, it's for "diversity" of course. Tell me, why were all side characters part of a minority when the main characters were (mostly) straight and white??? It's just comes off as cheap, I'm sorry.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Animal death, Transphobia, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Misogyny, Infidelity, Fatphobia, and Death of parent

Minor: Vomit and Emotional abuse

sib_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Alcohol, Chronic illness, Medical content, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/injury detail, Mental illness, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Eating disorder, Sexism, Abandonment, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Cursing, Gaslighting, and Transphobia

Minor: Pregnancy