Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

As irmãs Blue + brindes by Coco Mellors

79 reviews

khakipantsofsex's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

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

my_weird_bookish_heart's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Grief, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

beccamarriner's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.75

I adored cleopatra and Frankenstein when it came out and highly anticipated Mellor’s second novel. And I loved it even more! I enjoyed reading about each sister and felt their uniqueness and connection to Nicki individually.

The epilogue ruined the perfect rating for me. Lucky becoming famous felt really far fetched. And Bonnie naming her child (also the baby’s POV(?)) felt too obvious, like the ending was trying to be tied up in a nice little bow when realistically the rest of the story was darker and chaotic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcohol

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Vomit

jacktherapper's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-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, Infidelity, Mental illness, Grief, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child death, Rape, Sexual content, Violence, Vomit, and Classism

Minor: Body shaming, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

juliaacrbr's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

racheandrews's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Grief

lenamarie_wind'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? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

marise_ve's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective slow-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

mooi boek, loopt lekker, paar quotes onderstreept :) denk wel dat het een diepere betekenis voor je zal hebben als je zussen hebt, heb die zelf niet en denk dat ik daardoor gewoon niet 100% emotioneel verbonden met het verhaal kon zijn

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Pregnancy

gabrielastbr's review against another edition

challenging 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

5.0

This book had me gripped and tearing up since chapter one. It's a heartfelt and heartbreaking story about sisterhood, addiction, and grief. My chest felt heavy and my heart tight while reading because it tackles many painful topics and family issues, but I love books that make me feel this deeply. It’s sad, but also hopeful and sweet.

If you have sisters, have had parents struggle with alcoholism, have mommy issues, or if you or a sibling has struggled with addiction…this book will hit you harder than most. As an older sister who was parentified at a young age, I found Avery’s POV very compelling and it prompted some serious reflection within myself.

This is, without a doubt, one of the best books I’ve read this year. It reminded me of reading Hello Beautiful last year. The writing is spectacular. I will read anything that Coco Mellors puts out, but this one truly stole my heart.

Thank you Netgalley and Ballantine Books for the advance reader copy. This book is already out in the UK, but comes out in September 3rd in the U.S. Hope you love it as much as I did!

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, and Medical trauma

Minor: Suicidal thoughts