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Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Death, Grief
Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Alcohol
Minor: Medical trauma
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Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use
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Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Infidelity
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Thank you to NetGalley, Random House - Ballantine, and Coco Mellors for the ARC of Blue Sisters in exchange for an honest review.
Avery, Bonnie, and Lucky are the Blue sisters. They reunite in the apartment they grew up in in New York City one year after the death of the fourth Blue sister, Nicky.
Each sister has their own struggles. Avery, a successful lawyer and decades sober, is realizing she may not want the life she has. Bonnie, a national champion boxer, is looking for love. Lucky, a model since her teens, is living a jet-set life filled with alcohol and drugs.
Blue Sisters is drama filled. It also reflects the complexity of family and sisterhood, especially when it includes generational trauma and addiction. Each sisters is portrayed as multi-faceted; their demons and flaws are just as present as their gifts. This left me without a favorite character; I enjoyed bits of each sister.
Avery, Bonnie, and Lucky are the Blue sisters. They reunite in the apartment they grew up in in New York City one year after the death of the fourth Blue sister, Nicky.
Each sister has their own struggles. Avery, a successful lawyer and decades sober, is realizing she may not want the life she has. Bonnie, a national champion boxer, is looking for love. Lucky, a model since her teens, is living a jet-set life filled with alcohol and drugs.
Blue Sisters is drama filled. It also reflects the complexity of family and sisterhood, especially when it includes generational trauma and addiction. Each sisters is portrayed as multi-faceted; their demons and flaws are just as present as their gifts. This left me without a favorite character; I enjoyed bits of each sister.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Death, Suicide
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
“True sisterhood, the kind where you grew fingernails in the same womb, were pushed screaming through identical birth canals, is not the same as friendship. You don’t choose each other, and there’s no furtive period of getting to know each other. You’re part of each other from the start. Look at an umbilical cord - tough, sinuous, unlovely, yet essential - and compare it to a friendship bracelet of brightly woven thread. That is the difference between a sister and friend.”
i definitely enjoyed this book, but it was too dense for me. i am not a huge fan of long chapters, and this book has such long chapters and not enough going on with then for me to not start to feel a little bored during them. the writing itself, though, was so well done. there were so many wonderful quotes and moments in this book that kinda made up for the density.
i do feel like nearly every character had the arc they needed, with the exception of Lucky. i feel like Avery and Bonnie got full, complete arca and Lucky’s was only about 80% in comparison. i still did enjoy reading it, especially as an oldest sister, but i wish Lucky’s character just had a bit more of an ending.
thank you to Ballantine and Netgalley for the advanced copy of this book!
i definitely enjoyed this book, but it was too dense for me. i am not a huge fan of long chapters, and this book has such long chapters and not enough going on with then for me to not start to feel a little bored during them. the writing itself, though, was so well done. there were so many wonderful quotes and moments in this book that kinda made up for the density.
i do feel like nearly every character had the arc they needed, with the exception of Lucky. i feel like Avery and Bonnie got full, complete arca and Lucky’s was only about 80% in comparison. i still did enjoy reading it, especially as an oldest sister, but i wish Lucky’s character just had a bit more of an ending.
thank you to Ballantine and Netgalley for the advanced copy of this book!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual violence
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts
emotional
hopeful
sad
medium-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
Content Warnings
Moderate: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Alcohol
Minor: Death, Death of parent, Pregnancy
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Yes
Loveable characters:
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No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
4.5 ✨
A delicious book! The way Coco makes words melt on your tongue is just magic.
This book made me deeply want a sister. And it also made me find small parts of myself in a variety of characters, based on being human, and being a woman.
This is a story about addiction, about messy (realistic) characters, and about grief.
We follow the Blue sisters - who used to be four, and are now three. A year later, we enter into their lives in time to see their worst mistakes, their lowest lows, their deepest regrets.
And we watch them heal, pull themselves back together, and rebuild their lives.
The metaphors and meaning scattered throughout is just stunning.
(The only thing that disappointed me is one of the stereotypes that bi people struggle with. It’s a bit of a spoiler so I can’t say the word but can we stop the stereotype please).
A delicious book! The way Coco makes words melt on your tongue is just magic.
This book made me deeply want a sister. And it also made me find small parts of myself in a variety of characters, based on being human, and being a woman.
This is a story about addiction, about messy (realistic) characters, and about grief.
We follow the Blue sisters - who used to be four, and are now three. A year later, we enter into their lives in time to see their worst mistakes, their lowest lows, their deepest regrets.
And we watch them heal, pull themselves back together, and rebuild their lives.
The metaphors and meaning scattered throughout is just stunning.
(The only thing that disappointed me is one of the stereotypes that bi people struggle with. It’s a bit of a spoiler so I can’t say the word but can we stop the stereotype please).
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Grief, Alcohol
Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Abortion
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reflective
medium-paced
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Character
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Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was an absolutely phenomenal novel. It’s a beautifully written story about sisters trying to navigate the world one year after the death of their third sister, while also dealing with their own struggles and the denial that none of them are truly ok, the characters felt so real, and I was so invested from start to finish. I loved the multiple points of view, each chapter highlighted how each sister was coping- or not, with Nicky’s death. I felt so connected to the characters and their stories.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Vomit, Grief
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder