Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

As irmãs Blue + brindes by Coco Mellors

78 reviews

adaora_ble's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Grief, Medical trauma, and Alcohol

Minor: Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, and Pregnancy

norilein's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

3.75

Wir begleiten die Schwestern Avery, Lucky und Bonnie Blue.

Sie haben vor einem Jahr ihre Schwester Nicky auf Grund einer Überdosis verloren. Wir erleben den Trauerprozess und die erneute Annäherung der Schwestern. Sie finden einen neuen Weg für ihre Schwesternbeziehung ohne Nicky als aktiven, jedoch immer bleibenden Part. Auch den persönlichen Heilungsprozess von Sucht und Vernachlässigung in der Kindheit können wir verfolgen.

Es ist toll wie die Schwestern als Einzelpersonen und in ihrem Zusammenspiel lebendig werden und die gemeinsamen Herausforderungen zunehmend wieder zusammen bestreiten. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

valenaprea's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, and Death of parent

anna_wiskerchen's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-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

4.0

If you have sisters, you need to read this book. I have two sisters, I’m the oldest and it’s so funny how a person with sisters just knows how to write sister relationships perfectly. I definitely saw both of my sister‘s personalities in Bonnie & Lucky, and although I am not Avery, I definitely saw some similarities between both of us, I think the big sister will always just take on that role of being the protector, while the middle sister is always the mediator and the youngest is the baby with little to no responsibilities even when she does have responsibilities. I think it’s wild how no matter how you were raised that’s pretty much how sister relationships are depending on where you are in the sibling mix. 

Blue Sisters was so well written and I loved how each sister was featured with their own chapters through the book, it made it really easy to follow along, you definitely really had a pay attention to this book because there were times when suddenly the story was in the past and I didn’t realize it was in the past so I had to rewind and figure out what I missed, even though that happened quite a few times I really liked the incredibly smooth transition of going from present to past. (totally on me for not listening well enough, ha) It was certainly an  emotional roller coaster from start to finish, you really weren’t sure what was gonna happen, or if any of the sisters would be able to fix themselves by the end of the book. They all kind of came to the realization that they had issues and they needed to fix at the same time and honestly, even though it might be cliché to end a story, that is so spot on to how sister’s minds work. You will always be connected with them whether you want to or not. It’s similar to “twin telepathy,” in a sense. 

I really enjoyed this book and I’m looking forward to reading more by Coco Mellors. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Alcohol

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

melreadsstuff's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense 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

4.5

I went into this as part of a book club, really expecting to not like it after seeing a number of people on booktok saying it was quite overrated. That may have skewed my perception, but I really loved it in the end! I got through it over the course of a few days, and I think it really beautifully explored some very difficult topics of family dynamics, grief, and partnerships. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief

rgv's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Eating disorder, Infertility, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Pregnancy

lilyevy13's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Child abuse, Chronic illness, and Physical abuse

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Death of parent

lesley_roman's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Alcohol

rosekimknits'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

2.25

This was an insipid story with bland characters that utterly lacked authenticity.
Making matters worse the audiobook narrator was terrible. Why did they hire a British person to narrate then decide to have her do a "New York" accent? It was painful and a little embarrassing to hear.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Alcoholism

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

runningonwords415's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

I could read 500 more pages of the Blue sisters. Mellors writing is captivating and intoxicating. I felt like watching a movie with every chapter. Uniquely dynamic sisters, no storyline blended into the other like some multi-narrator stories do for me. This is a book I wish I could read for the first time again 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Drug abuse and Violence