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As irmãs Blue + brindes by Coco Mellors

48 reviews

weeniereads's review against another edition

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Sexual harassment

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

bellsdixon's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Vomit, Grief, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cursing, Drug abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent

rosenlea's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

welshgirlreads's review against another edition

dark 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

5.0

This is one of those books I know I’m going to be thinking about for a long time. It gave me so much to think about and question. The characters were very real, all imperfect in their own way, flawed but with a desire and need for change. I loved the writing style and how each chapter focused on a character it helped the book/storyline move forward without you getting bored as the narrative was constantly changing. 

It was brilliant to see endometriosis mentioned in the book - although my only qualm is that there seemed to be a few mentions of a hysterectomy and the suggestion that this would have solved/helped with the Nicky’s pain if she had of decided to go ahead with the surgery. A hysterectomy offers no guarentee of pain relief as endometriosis grows outside of the womb. As someone who lives with the condition I found it quite difficult and emotional to read in places and could relate to the way Nicky had done such a good job of hiding her pain from her loved ones. It would have been great to have had even just one chapter from her POV. 

On saying this Blue Sisters is still one of my favourite reads of 2024 and will be recommending to others! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

issielg's review against another edition

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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, and Grief

Minor: Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual harassment

clare26's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny 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

This book was beautifully candid, vulnerable, emotional, and hopeful. It would be difficult to balance all these (along with the sensitivity of the topics discussed in this nook), but Mellors manages to do so with such grace. Each of the sisters had disntict personalities and lives and opinions, yet all of these were still woven together to create such a cohesive and dynamic story. I truly appreciated how heavier themes and topics were tackled in this book with such care and rawness. This is one of those books I wish I could read for the first time again.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexual harassment

daniellelardi'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? It's complicated

5.0

the year isn’t over but i think this is going to be a tough one to beat. this genuinely might be my favorite book ive read this year and i do not say that lightly. 

i wish i could just copy and paste this book into this comment section because every single line of this book was genuine perfection. the last chapter of averys monologue to chiti talking about missing nicky like i’ll cry and think about that everyday for the rest of me life probably. bonnie’s one liners. luckys graphic depictions of feeling too much at all times.

god and when avery went to visit her mom and was talking about how she blamed herself for nicky’s death and her mother looked her in the eyes and told her “you are not that important” will haunt me for the entirety of my life

god the realities of addiction and the way they are depicted in this book were so unbelievably raw and real in a way that you could only understand if you’ve had an addict in your life. 

the sisters! the sisterhood of it all! god i don’t have a sister but this book made me feel like i was the fifth blue sister. what i do have is a brother and this book made me realize that there is just simply no one else in the world that is going to understand why you are the way that you are better than your sibling. 

the discussions of grief. the hold it can have on us. the places that it can take us to, good and bad, are so frightening while also being beautiful. god i really have no words. 

avery, bonnie, nicky and lucky forever like wtf i loved this book an unimaginable amount. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

raisingself's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

1.0

Very dark and graphic with family trauma and substance abuse disorder central to the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Body shaming, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

abbymcg1's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction and Alcoholism

Minor: Sexual harassment