Now, the only thing that I felt was very real and which doesn’t get talks about enough is the change that comes with marriage. It feels like the author picked every possible cliché in a fictional marriage story and put it together to form this book. And then we have Cleo’s suicide which is her following in her mother’s footsteps.įrom retrospect, it is all just a boring old story with nothing new. There’s Frank’s emotional infidelity with someone at work and Cleo’s physical infidelity with the Frank’s best friend obviously. Then, of course we have an unhappy marriage with them trying to save it by adopting a pet (and thankfully not by having a baby.) And just as expected, we have them both being unfaithful. Then we have both of them getting married within six months for love, but it’s actually for the visa so Cleo can stay in the country. We have the meet cute where Cleo and Frank are introduced which is super cute to read.

Now, all the tropes that you can think of are probably present in this book. Think of every romantic or literary romantic book you have read. Here goes the review! ~~TRIGGER WARNINGS~~Ĭleopatra and Frankenstein trigger warnings include suicide, depression, alcoholism, drugs and infidelity.

While the underlying message is interesting, it was not the worth it. Like most other hyped books on Instagram, I did not enjoy this one at all.

Hi Readers! I read the current bookstagram favourite Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors.

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