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emotional
hopeful
sad
slow-paced
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Character
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Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It broke my heart and put it back together. All characters are very deep and I felt for all of them. Their relationships are complicated and hurtful but also so compassionate and filled with love.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Chronic illness, Death, Grief
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
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Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
this book was hard to read, I find that you need to be in a similar state of mind to the characters to read this book, since I was not I found it very hard to pick up the book and read it.
it's not because it's not good but maybe because I am a sister as well, I found this book too realistic for my taste, too close to home.
all of the characters were very well thought out and it was clear that they weren't just carbon copies of one another and that they all had their own personalities, which I highly enjoyed even if I didn't exactly like some of the characters (Avery & Lucky).
overall I would recommend this book but I don't think I would re-read this one, but I would never say never!
it's not because it's not good but maybe because I am a sister as well, I found this book too realistic for my taste, too close to home.
all of the characters were very well thought out and it was clear that they weren't just carbon copies of one another and that they all had their own personalities, which I highly enjoyed even if I didn't exactly like some of the characters (Avery & Lucky).
overall I would recommend this book but I don't think I would re-read this one, but I would never say never!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Suicide
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol
Minor: Emotional abuse
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Blue Sisters follows four sisters as they navigate through life. Coco Mellors tackles tough topics like addiction, grief, love and loss. Mellors portrays the sisters in a very 2D way — the oldest one, the tough one, the dead one, and the youngest one. However, how she shows them interacting with each other is really the golden part of this novel. Mellors portrays siblings with such accuracy. Though I don’t have sisters myself, I found her depiction relatable even to my interactions with my brothers.
Peaks!
-Mellors writing is so good with fitting the moods of her characters, as Lucky is spiraling, you can feel it in her writing as it becomes choppy to truly fit the vibes of each scene.
-I found the characters extremely relatable, Mellors does a great job of humanizing all the sisters making each one at least a little relatable to the reader. I felt this really pulled at my emotions and kept me reading.
-I love a good nature vs nurture argument so I think it’s really interesting to see how Mellors portrayed these sisters all growing up together in the same situation and how they each grew and changed on their own afterwards.
Valleys!
-I wish we got more from Bonnie & Nicky! We got so much of Avery and Lucky, I wish we got a Nicky POV or even more of Bonnie and her fighting scenes.
-I felt like the last 50 pages of the novel were super rushed, I wish Mellors elaborated more and gave us more overall to wrap it up.
In short:
I enjoyed the book! I think it was a good read, especially around the holidays to serve as a reminder that no family is perfect and every family/set of siblings has their ups and downs.
Peaks!
-Mellors writing is so good with fitting the moods of her characters, as Lucky is spiraling, you can feel it in her writing as it becomes choppy to truly fit the vibes of each scene.
-I found the characters extremely relatable, Mellors does a great job of humanizing all the sisters making each one at least a little relatable to the reader. I felt this really pulled at my emotions and kept me reading.
-I love a good nature vs nurture argument so I think it’s really interesting to see how Mellors portrayed these sisters all growing up together in the same situation and how they each grew and changed on their own afterwards.
Valleys!
-I wish we got more from Bonnie & Nicky! We got so much of Avery and Lucky, I wish we got a Nicky POV or even more of Bonnie and her fighting scenes.
-I felt like the last 50 pages of the novel were super rushed, I wish Mellors elaborated more and gave us more overall to wrap it up.
In short:
I enjoyed the book! I think it was a good read, especially around the holidays to serve as a reminder that no family is perfect and every family/set of siblings has their ups and downs.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Alcohol
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Grief
Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Death of parent, Classism
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual assault, Vomit, Grief, Alcohol
Moderate: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicide, Gaslighting
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Grief
Moderate: Sexual assault
Minor: Pedophilia
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Drug use
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Infidelity
Minor: Violence, Death of parent
emotional
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
a great book about how different people handle grief and loss. i didn’t really like any of the characters which is typically pretty important for me in a book though
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Grief, Toxic friendship, Alcohol
emotional
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Lovely, if depressing, book about the one-year anniversary of a sister's death and how it brings the remaining three sisters back together in New York City. Each sister is dealing with the aftermath of their sister's death and its impact on their lives. Very readable.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Drug abuse
Minor: Sexual harassment