Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

As irmãs Blue + brindes by Coco Mellors

23 reviews

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

ilianacaballerov's review against another edition

challenging 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Grief, and Alcohol

Moderate: Chronic illness, Rape, and Sexual content

Minor: Death, Eating disorder, and Abandonment

bookishconnections's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This is a masterpiece, it’s heavy going in a lot of places and I would advise people to read the trigger warnings especially if you suffer from endometriosis, drug and alcohol addiction.

But the way it captures the bond between sisters, parents and self is just unmatched.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Vomit

Moderate: Chronic illness and Abandonment

c_ourte's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

I cried every time I read this book. I enjoyed Mellors' writing style even though there were repetitive parts that took me out of the story. The flow and descriptions are so satisfying.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Grief

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, and Abandonment

madison_mls's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This would’ve probably hit home more if I had a sister, but this book still did paint the picture of sisterhood in a clear enough light where I could begin to understand what it’s like. This story was a heartwarming yet heartbreaking depiction of what it means to grieve. What I liked most was how real the characters seemed, and how realistic their conversations/arguments were. Genuinely felt like the characters could hop off the page! Overall recommend this book, and I feel like this was a good introduction to this author!

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Abandonment

supermormongirl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism

qamidala27's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense 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, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Grief

Minor: Abortion, Abandonment, and Classism

helengroza5's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Medical content, and Abandonment

allys_library's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

4.25

As the oldest sister of 4 girls and someone who has endometriosis, this book spoke to my soul. This book touches on so many important issues, with the sisters connection at the heart of it all. 

My heart broke for Nicky who experienced this illness in a way I’m glad I haven’t. I rooted for Bonnie and honestly could have read an entire book just about her. As the oldest, I empathized with Avery. The only character I just couldn’t get on board with was Lucky. I didn’t find anything about her redeemable. 

I wanted to give it 5 stars because I did really like it but I needed more. More dialogue because so much of it felt like the author telling us rather than showing us. I wanted more of Bonnie and Pavel, but that’s because I’m a romance fan. And I wish we could have seen Avery build back the pieces of the destruction she set for her life. Authors always seem to miss taking the opportunity to put their characters through therapy sessions on the page or through rehab on the page. This book was heavily focused on addiction, I’d have liked to see more into the healing piece. 

With all that said this was a really good book and I’m glad I picked it up. Someone get this in front of Reese Witherspoon because this has limited tv series written all over it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Death, Infidelity, Sexual assault, and Abandonment

kareimer's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, and Abandonment

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Self harm