Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

As irmãs Blue + brindes by Coco Mellors

156 reviews

charlottehinkamp's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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: Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Death of parent

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

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

5.0

A fantastic read that beautifully explores grief, love, and sisterhood.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death and Suicide

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

catringray's review against another edition

emotional 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

3.25

Sometimes I really liked it, other times I felt the writing was quite bad / predictable. Luckys character was very tropey and boring for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Drug abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism, Suicide, and Alcohol

hillie's review against another edition

challenging 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

Mooi verhaal! Gaat vooral over vier zussen die samen opgroeien en daarna elkaar beetje kwijtraken, o.a. door ieders eigen moeilijkheden met verslavingen. Vind de band tussen de zussen goed beschreven en vind ze ook leuk anders van elkaar en niet te klef, maar wel realistisch een goede band hebben. 
Moest even inkomen in het verhaal en had verwacht dat het een beetje een cliché verhaal zou worden, maar dat was helemaal niet zo. Uniek, mooi verhaal over familie en ook vooral over zelfontwikkeling en een betere versie van jezelf worden met hulp van zussen.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, and Alcohol

justanotherpageturner's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Suicide, and Alcohol

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

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

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