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Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors

7 reviews

bethanwx's review against another edition

challenging 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

4.75

Coco Mellors is a master of creating flawed characters who you can't help but root for. An irresistible novel of intricate family dynamics and love.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Grief, Drug abuse, Vomit, Addiction, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Abandonment, Chronic illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Death

risemini's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Death, Alcoholism, Drug use, Violence, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Grief

caoimhelaura's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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

Coco Mellors has done it again. I loved Cleopatra and Frankenstein and I loved Blue Sisters just as much of not more. 
I love how Coco doesn't shy away from difficult topics but instead leans into them beautifully. This book at it's core is about three broken sisters trying to find a sense of home after their sister's death. Trying to figure out who they are without her. 
The characters are messy but to me that makes them more authentic. I just love how Coco explores people and their dynamics. 
Cannot recommend enough 🩵💙🩵💙

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Infidelity, Vomit, and Death of parent

lauradvb's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

lailajm's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

5.0

I thought cleopatra and Frankenstein was amazing- this book is on another level. Coco Mellors manages to capture the good and bad of sisterhood in the most emotional, tear-inducing way with the most beautiful writing and style. I love her ability to switch between the three sisters giving you insight into how they all work together while showing you them as individuals. It’s a book every sister with a sister should read in their lives. 

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Miscarriage

beate251's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad slow-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

3.0

Thank you to NetGalley and 4th estate for this ARC.

This is the story of the four Blue sisters: Avery (the gay one) who is a lawyer living in London, Bonnie (the scary one) who is a boxer turned bouncer living in LA, Lucky (the hot one) who is a model living in Paris and Nicky (the dead one) who was a teacher living in New York. They have awful parents (alcoholic father, cold mother) and display a lot of self-destructive behaviour, including but not limited to alcoholism, drug abuse and infidelity. They also constantly fight with each other. Honestly, if you needed a guide book on how to fuck up your life, these people could write it no problem. Lucky's posh drug-fuelled party is so distasteful I skipped a few pages.

I get it, the death of their sister Nicky at 27 from an overdose of pain medication (she suffered from debilitating endometriosis), leaves a hole in their lives they struggle to come to terms with but I simply couldn't connect with these well-to-do women who willingly burn down their lives at every turn while using words like "lycanthropic" and "prurience". Just go have therapy already!

It is well-written literature, but it's not for me. Too much misery and unhappiness in a book, combined with chapters that are ten miles long, makes me lose the will to live.

“Lucky,” said Lucky. “That’s a funny name,” said Flopsy. Lucky gave her a sideways look."

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Infidelity, Vomit, Death, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Rape

rosbooklist's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad tense 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

5.0

Coco has such a beautiful way of writing and that wasn't missing at all from this book. Having loved Cleo and Frank, I knew this was going to be exceptional but I wasn't expecting to come away having loved it even more. I could see fragments of my self in each of the Blue sisters and that made me ache all the more for them. A stunning, beautifully reflective book. Hats off to you, Coco.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Classism, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Alcohol, Body shaming, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Infidelity, and Suicide

Minor: Pregnancy