Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

As irmãs Blue + brindes by Coco Mellors

86 reviews

lexf's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Grief

Moderate: Sexual assault

amylee_21's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Chronic illness and Violence

Minor: Sexual assault and Suicide

teal27's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

5.0

beautiful, really loved it :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Infidelity, and Grief

Minor: Sexual assault and Suicidal thoughts

adoto's review against another edition

emotional hopeful tense 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

4.0

I forgot this was a Little Women retelling and I had just rewatched Greta Gerwig's movie recently and wow. The siblingry of it all.

There are moments I don't love

like the relationship between Bonnie and Pavel; her weird mention of everyone's countries of origin like what's with that

but overall this book really made me feel and I left it feeling good and not devastated. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

pomoevareads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

Family sagas are my jam and I knew after reading reviews by some trusted bookstagrammers that Coco Mellors was going to be an author for me. I picked up both of her books and decided to start with Blue Sisters.

Following the three Blue sisters on the one year anniversary of their sister’s death, we learn how each has been coping, or not coping, with the loss as well as their birth order and family upbringing. 

Blue Sisters is a genuine and honest look at themes of loss, trauma, love, motherhood, and addiction. The sister who died had suffered with endometriosis and Mellors talks about the invisible illness and pain experienced by women who have it. The author also tackles addiction and alcoholism and speaks from some experience according to the acknowledgments. 

I enjoyed the snappy dialogue that made the characters feel quite real. Sisters don’t always get along; something the author wrote quite authentically.

I look forward to picking up Cleopatra and Frankenstein in the near future. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Alcoholism

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Grief

Minor: Vomit

ccerpa's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

0.25

taking lesbian characters away from non-lesbians until y'all learn to behave!!!!! DNF at 30% because I simply refuse to spend my one precious life reading lesbophobic buffoonery <3 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol

kmartucci's review against another edition

dark emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Abandonment, and Alcohol

radfordmanor's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Medical trauma, and Gaslighting

raisingself's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

Very dark and graphic with family trauma and substance abuse disorder central to the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Body shaming, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

jadiedaffodil's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual assault, Vomit, Grief, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicide, and Gaslighting