Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

Cleopatra und Frankenstein by Coco Mellors

995 reviews

gemmasbooknook's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-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

3.0

An interesting people focused story. However  I found the emotionally low mood of the book, sometimes quite relentless. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

gracielou1220's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-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

3.5

This book was alright, I had heard so much rave about it that I had expected it to be a bit more. I didn't really fall in love with the characters that much and had a hard time following when the POV switched. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

jeslis's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

Notes:
- A really great character-driven litfic book! I felt so so incredibly invested in these characters and I had rather long and intensive reading sessions because of it.

- Especially started to feel this in the second half of the book after Cleo comes out of the hospital and she and Frank stay at the house by the lake. All through Eleanor's POV getting with Frank to the conclusion as well!

- This book centres around flawed people with really strong emotions and their impacts on those around them — essentially my favourite theme that could be explored in literature.
- Extra sidenote: would recommend this to someone who wants to read A Little Life but doesn't want the intensity that comes with it (ie. this book is both shorter and not quite as graphic without losing the impact of its shared themes).

- Forever thinking about that scene where Cleo shows Frank her art installation in the dirt. Insanely impactful; I felt that SO deep in my body.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug use, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Animal death

caseylovett's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Drug use, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

aliceleisa's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm and Suicide attempt

glareusy's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-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

2.75

In this book, Coco Mellors has managed to indirectly or directly insult pretty much any gender, minority, country and condition that was ever mentioned in it. I have a big issues with authors who use ALL their characters in a story to punch down, because at that point I don't really feel like you're just writing an unlikable character.
On top of that, anyone with a minimum of social awareness in this book comes across as a preachy asshole, while literally everyone else doesn't miss a chance to roll their eyes in a 'these wokes, amirite???' way which I found really irksome. The LGBTQ+ is stereotypical and insulting, every single woman is 'not like other girls' and at some point hooks up with someone who is AT LEAST 20 years their senior, all characters speak in quippy one-liners and the writing in general is made up of terrible grammar, cringe takes and really clumsy dialogues.
Having said all that, I had a good time reading it, I consumed it like I consume terrible Reality TV shows, and the last 2 pages made me even tear up a bit. 
Do with that what you will <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Suicide attempt

midnightrain_'s review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Animal death

janiceyiuu's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

The writing is just so beautiful that I have not been able to put the book down at all. I think Frank and Cleo are going to stay with me for a while longer yet.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

beetdirt's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

2.75

i think this was a hate-read. justice for quentin. this… felt weirdly disappointing. i liked the side characters far better than the main pair. i wish the whole thing was eleanor’s chapters. there are portions of this book that were really beautiful and heartbreaking and honest, but i kept getting lost in how unlikeable and at times abusive everyone was. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Addiction, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Death of parent

syvanahlouise's review against another edition

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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol