Review by libbyuniss - Blue Sisters

libbyuniss 's review for:

Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors

3.75

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

“True sisterhood, the kind where you grew fingernails in the same womb, were pushed screaming through identical birth canals, is not the same as friendship. You don’t choose each other, and there’s no furtive period of getting to know each other. You’re part of each other from the start. Look at an umbilical cord - tough, sinuous, unlovely, yet essential - and compare it to a friendship bracelet of brightly woven thread. That is the difference between a sister and friend.”

i definitely enjoyed this book, but it was too dense for me. i am not a huge fan of long chapters, and this book has such long chapters and not enough going on with then for me to not start to feel a little bored during them. the writing itself, though, was so well done. there were so many wonderful quotes and moments in this book that kinda made up for the density.

i do feel like nearly every character had the arc they needed, with the exception of Lucky. i feel like Avery and Bonnie got full, complete arca and Lucky’s was only about 80% in comparison. i still did enjoy reading it, especially as an oldest sister, but i wish Lucky’s character just had a bit more of an ending.

thank you to Ballantine and Netgalley for the advanced copy of this book!

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