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Cleopatra and Frankenstein
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“When the darkest part of you meets the darkest part of me, it creates light.�
Cleopatra and Frankenstein is a story that is complex, dark, cynical, frustrating and devastating. It takes you through the fast life of New York, how different people navigate through life, their struggles, and discover the complex emotions of each of them.
Cleo is a struggling artist of 25 and Frank is a 45 year old successful man with a drinking problem, the book is about how they navigate their dysfunctional relationship and how it affects people around them. It feels like a book written about different people’s personalities and combined together.
By the time I finished the book, I felt this book is for everyone but not for anyone, you will relate to a character, and that character will be the highlight for you in the book, and you’ll feel frustrated when reading about some others because you cannot relate. For me, those characters were Cleo and Zoe, I saw their struggles and could relate to some.
To be honest I did not absolutely love this book but, I didn’t hate it as well. I still feel confused as to how to digest it, what to infer from this book. I was frustrated sometimes but still I didn’t want to stop reading. The most irritating for me was Eleanor, her character, her chapters and how her chapters were written, I did not get the symbolism there. But it could certainly be that I’m not mature enough for some of what this book wants to convey.
There were some quotes in the book I could really relate to. I loved the writing, how the characters develop, how love, adult life, happiness everything is just explained in beautiful sentences, cynical at times yet undeniably true. One quote where Zoe realises what adult life is and how it is written was especially heart-touching to me because of how relatable it was. It felt like someone explained it how I always wanted to.
Cleopatra and Frankenstein is a story that is complex, dark, cynical, frustrating and devastating. It takes you through the fast life of New York, how different people navigate through life, their struggles, and discover the complex emotions of each of them.
Cleo is a struggling artist of 25 and Frank is a 45 year old successful man with a drinking problem, the book is about how they navigate their dysfunctional relationship and how it affects people around them. It feels like a book written about different people’s personalities and combined together.
By the time I finished the book, I felt this book is for everyone but not for anyone, you will relate to a character, and that character will be the highlight for you in the book, and you’ll feel frustrated when reading about some others because you cannot relate. For me, those characters were Cleo and Zoe, I saw their struggles and could relate to some.
To be honest I did not absolutely love this book but, I didn’t hate it as well. I still feel confused as to how to digest it, what to infer from this book. I was frustrated sometimes but still I didn’t want to stop reading. The most irritating for me was Eleanor, her character, her chapters and how her chapters were written, I did not get the symbolism there. But it could certainly be that I’m not mature enough for some of what this book wants to convey.
There were some quotes in the book I could really relate to. I loved the writing, how the characters develop, how love, adult life, happiness everything is just explained in beautiful sentences, cynical at times yet undeniably true. One quote where Zoe realises what adult life is and how it is written was especially heart-touching to me because of how relatable it was. It felt like someone explained it how I always wanted to.
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