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As irmãs Blue + brindes by Coco Mellors

42 reviews

nicolettezamora's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Violence

Moderate: Death

Minor: Rape

naomzzz's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

maybe it was just the right book at the right time for me but i thought this was incredible. the characters feel so real to me now, i genuinely feel like i'm going to miss them now i've finished the book. the way the perspective alternates between avery, bonnie, and lucky was so well done -- i really felt like they each had such distinctive voices and i was inside each of their heads (even though it's all written in 3rd person). the conversation between avery and her mum in the last chapter before the epilogue hit me so hard i had to take breaks while reading it. i absolutely love these characters and this book. (you probably shouldn't have a favourite sister but bonnie was my favourite.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Chronic illness and Violence

Minor: Sexual assault, Vomit, and Death of parent

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

painausten's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

God, so good. Made me weep multiple times. Made me wish I had sisters so many times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Violence

Moderate: Death

Minor: Sexual assault

poofymoi's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

4.25

definitely a 4.25/5 for me

I loved this book. I thought the three sisters were so beautifully and intricately written— their relationships with each other and with others were distinct and poignant, and the grief they all experienced was handled in such different ways. I was really taken by this book, especially cuz I didn’t *love* cleopatra and Frankenstein. But the familial aspect of this really kept me interested. 

I wouldn’t have changed much about the book at all. Would rec. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Violence, Grief, and Pregnancy

lylacks's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

this book crept up on me and swallowed me slowly and in the stomach of this beast I can't help but love each blue sister completely.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, and Sexual assault

Minor: Violence

the cw for sexual assault is particularly sexual assault of a minor. additional content warning for a trainer/trainee romantic relationship

emilygibbs's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Grief, and Alcohol

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Death of parent

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

han_banans'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual assault, and Violence

bananaboatboy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

4.5

Coco Mellors writes so well. I picked this book up because I loved her first book, Cleopatra and Frankenstein. She did not disappoint. I love how vivid each description is. I love how many different themes she is able to explore in the span of 339 pages. I have nothing but good things to say about this book and its author.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Vomit, and Alcohol

there’s four sisters and one of them dies, they have to figure out how to grieve together