Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

As irmãs Blue + brindes by Coco Mellors

86 reviews

laura_berger's review against another edition

hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Grief, and Sexual harassment

janienejulia's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Alcohol

Moderate: Sexual content and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Vomit, and Pregnancy

noveltay's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

How can a book contain so much pain? Such a realistic novel of 4 sisters. The epilogue had me sobbing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

nburkk's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Grief, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

rehannahb's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Domestic abuse

hardcover_hazel's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Grief, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Abortion

circemarch's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, and Sexual assault

itsjustkiwi's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual assault, and Grief

znvisser's review against another edition

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

4.5

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Chronic illness, Infidelity, Sexual assault, and Abandonment

Minor: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Pregnancy

sumitra_t's review against another edition

reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault