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A review by aglimpseinto
Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors
challenging
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Blue Sisters is transcendent. The characters, the interactions, the conflict, the sisters, everything seems so real, so heartbreaking but also hopeful in a way.
You have characters that are reprehensible, they commit multiple mistakes, but I still learned to love them and see them for themselves but also how they were seen by their sisters. And the descriptions of the relationships, the way that unity and conflict happen and split within seconds, everything was simply the way things actually are. I’m one of multiple sisters and at each point of the story I saw my own relationship with my sisters reflected back to me.
I definitely recommend this book and will be rereading it in the future without a doubt. I can’t wait to see what Coco will do next.
Some of my fav quotes:
“They say you don’t know your principles until they become inconvenient to you, and Avery is proof of this. She is deeply principled and often inconvenienced.”
“She was a carnival of feelings she never tried to hide. Sometimes she was the ecstatic swirl of a carousel, sometimes she was a bumper car collision, sometimes she was the still target waiting in the shooting gallery.”
“As long as you are alive, it is never too late to be found.”
And so many more. It made me wish to be able to express myself in this way.
You have characters that are reprehensible, they commit multiple mistakes, but I still learned to love them and see them for themselves but also how they were seen by their sisters. And the descriptions of the relationships, the way that unity and conflict happen and split within seconds, everything was simply the way things actually are. I’m one of multiple sisters and at each point of the story I saw my own relationship with my sisters reflected back to me.
I definitely recommend this book and will be rereading it in the future without a doubt. I can’t wait to see what Coco will do next.
Some of my fav quotes:
“They say you don’t know your principles until they become inconvenient to you, and Avery is proof of this. She is deeply principled and often inconvenienced.”
“She was a carnival of feelings she never tried to hide. Sometimes she was the ecstatic swirl of a carousel, sometimes she was a bumper car collision, sometimes she was the still target waiting in the shooting gallery.”
“As long as you are alive, it is never too late to be found.”
And so many more. It made me wish to be able to express myself in this way.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Sexual content, Vomit, and Alcohol