Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

As irmãs Blue + brindes by Coco Mellors

43 reviews

shesflippinpages's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

lindasoderlundd'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? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Chronic illness, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

rgs's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Alcohol

Minor: Eating disorder and Death of parent

cynthia_wlms's review against another edition

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Death, Vomit, Grief, and Alcohol

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, and Death of parent

gwenswoons's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense medium-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

3.75

This was good — it came to me as part of a monthly book subscription I have with a literary fiction-ish bent, and it definitely fit that bill. The prologue immediately captured me; I love a complicated-family saga (or a complicated family saga, true either way), and I loved the immediate characterizations of the different sisters.

I struggled at points to stay really engaged with the book. I actually love that it basically does nothing but watch our main characters reckon with grief, but to my reading there were so many moments that I felt could have been crafted ever so slightly more specifically: specific repetition done either less often or more intentionally; inconsistencies of voice that felt again less intentional than they might be (particularly in the back and forth American/British-ness of certain characters and relationships); a good number of typos, oddly. I don’t often think about this stuff but I guess I felt that as good as this is, there was an even more special book within reach and it felt a little disappointing even as I thought it was good in many ways. The choice to write in multiple POVs — one I often do love — felt like it caused   the sisters to be deliberately kept separate for so much of the book; perhaps why I felt the prologue and epilogue were some of the most effective moments in the novel.

Anyway — it’s good, not (for me) great, and I’m not sure I would read more by CM. It’s sad but without big lingering impact, I think, which breaks my heart a little bit since there’s potentially so much intense and powerful stuff in here about family, addiction, grief.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

gohgye's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

One of the best reads so far this year (take with a pinch of salt) 
Characters are well developed with their individual strengths and weaknesses. I really enjoyed how the author depicted the joys, sorrows and squabbles of sisterhood. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

maregred's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, and Sexual content

Minor: Cursing, Vomit, Medical content, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

coreycbrewer's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

5.0

A story of four sisters, their evolving relationship, each dealing with the challenges of their childhood, personal demons and the loss of their sister. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Infidelity, Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Vomit, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

enmcurrie's review against another edition

reflective 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

4.0

really beautiful and poignant writing - there are lots of lines that stick with you after you read them and i love coco’s attention to small details. i thought the overarching undulating relationships between all of the sisters was really well done and realistic, and as someone with a sister i completely understood how much they bickered. the dialogue was also very immersive at points where it almost feels like you’re not even reading.

that being said, i’m docking a star off because it felt too perfect and overdone in some spots, almost as if it was written for television. it needed a slightly sharper edge occasionally. i could have done without the epilogue as the ending. i personally think the explicit scenes don’t really add anything to the book or contribute to any character development. also even though i understand the weight of being the eldest sister, avery is such an unlikeable character for me.

anyways, i think the book is at its best in the simple moments like the childhood flashbacks. a very enjoyable read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Infidelity, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

novellearts's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

Minor: Death, Death of parent, and Pregnancy