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Sestry Blueovy by Coco Mellors

564 reviews

circemarch's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

i loved this book, couldn’t put it down towards the end. amazing story-arc & you really get to know the characters.
also it is beautifully written, made me re-read several passages.

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itsjustkiwi's review against another edition

2.5

challenging dark sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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s_kh3ria's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

a very beautiful and kind of heart breaking novel - i can’t ever imagine losing my brother even though were definitely not as close as the sisters were in this

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juanat77's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-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

This is a beautiful, captivating and heartfelt story about the Blue Sisters which reminds me somewhat of Little Women. The sisters suffer a heartbreak in their family and each sister expresses their grief through different forms of addiction (pain, kleptomania, drugs/alcohol). Throughout the saga the sisters learn to forgive themselves, let go and live again.

The author captures the bond between and the complexity of the sisters beautifully. She displays such dreamy prose. Some novels hit a lull or boring point but I did not experience that at all in Coco Mellors’ writing. I loved this. I can’t wait to read what else the author has in store for us!

4.5 stars!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

Thank you NetGalley for the ebook in exchange for an honest review.

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khakipantsofsex's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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jem_813's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional funny hopeful 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

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chelsduran's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful reflective 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

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znvisser's review against another edition

4.5

emotional reflective sad 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

In Blue Sisters, Mellors beautifully captures the different ways in which Avery, Bonnie and Lucky handle (or don’t handle) their grief over the fourth sister Nicky, including how it affects their connections to each other and how grief changes them individually over time. There’s a lot of love, and much calling out the ugliest flaws of the people these women love most.

With four women, there was a lot of ground to cover on each character, but the space was well spent and this was done quite well; although each sister took on a cliche role in their family, you learn more and more about the character around those roles as the story goes on. Really beautiful.

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misuki's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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astoriareader's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

SYNOPSIS

Three sisters, Avery, Bonnie, & Lucky, are all living in different cities. It is the one year anniversary of the death the of Nicky, their fourth sister.
Their parents have never been great.
Avery is the eldest sister, and she is an attorney living in London in with her wife. She is also a recovering heroin addict.
Bonnie is a boxer, and she’s currently working as a bouncer in LA after having a bad loss in her boxing career.
Lucky is the youngest. She is a model & living in Paris. She is dealing with her own addictions - drugs, alcohol, etc.

MY THOUGHTS

How is this my first Coco Mellers book?! Such incredible writing.
There’s so many great topics covered in this book - generational trauma, the roles we take on in families, chronic illness, addiction, sibling love.
The characters are nuanced, complex, messy, & real.
Loved the settings & descriptions of the different settings.

TL;DR: ⭐️⭐️⭐⭐️⭐️beautiful writing + amazing. I will never forget this read.

Thanks to Random House Publishing Group - Ballantine | Ballantine and Netgalley for this digital ARC in exchanges for an honest review. This book will be published on September 3, 2024.

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