Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

As irmãs Blue + brindes by Coco Mellors

84 reviews

kizzy's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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, Death, Drug abuse, and Sexual content

christina_reads7's review against another edition

emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Sexual content

rschaffer_36's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

2.0

I found this book difficult to get through. The characters at the beginning were intriguing, but by midway through they were hard to relate to and to find interesting. I didn't enjoy reading about how they all basically destroyed their lives and then worked near the end to put it back together.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Sexual content

afrenette's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Grief

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Death of parent

sav_par's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction

Moderate: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicide, Grief, and Alcohol

Minor: Infidelity and Sexual content

hegraves630's review against another edition

dark hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse and Sexual content

erindoublee's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

A lovely story of the Blue sisters, each dealing with the aftermath of their darling sister, Nicky's death. Each sister, uniquely her own, reacts to Nicky's death within the year anniversary of her passing. Their lives will never be the same. It is a story about grief, childhood trauma, and the sister bond that is visceral and real. The story takes the reader through each remaining sister's reaction to Nicky's death and how each sister uniquely handles the fall-out as a result of her death. 

The writing was enjoyable and well done, more literary than I expected and could be one of my favorite novels of the year. Beautifully written and would be enjoyed by those who liked Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Drug use

Moderate: Addiction, Death, and Sexual content

welshgirlreads's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This is one of those books I know I’m going to be thinking about for a long time. It gave me so much to think about and question. The characters were very real, all imperfect in their own way, flawed but with a desire and need for change. I loved the writing style and how each chapter focused on a character it helped the book/storyline move forward without you getting bored as the narrative was constantly changing. 

It was brilliant to see endometriosis mentioned in the book - although my only qualm is that there seemed to be a few mentions of a hysterectomy and the suggestion that this would have solved/helped with the Nicky’s pain if she had of decided to go ahead with the surgery. A hysterectomy offers no guarentee of pain relief as endometriosis grows outside of the womb. As someone who lives with the condition I found it quite difficult and emotional to read in places and could relate to the way Nicky had done such a good job of hiding her pain from her loved ones. It would have been great to have had even just one chapter from her POV. 

On saying this Blue Sisters is still one of my favourite reads of 2024 and will be recommending to others! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

kelsimarirobb's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Alcohol

Moderate: Medical content, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

lcg527's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Alcohol