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A review by pdxpagemaster
Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
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
5.0
I am beside myself.
This book is really meant for anyone who has sisters, but especially if you find yourself in a tribe of siblings that depended on each other to be their parents, friends, confidants, therapists, and irregular sanity checks.
The multiple POVs in this book were striking and distinct, raw and devastating, encompassing the jealousy and competition and devotion each sister has for each other.
There is a very clear nod to the failure of American health systems in minimizing the stakes of living with a debilitating chronic illness and the desperation women seek to relieve their pain after experiencing gaslighting and ableism from their practitioners and the people they trust the most.
We meet three of the Blue sisters one year after the death of their fourth, Nicky. We jump immediately into the ways they have reacted to their loss and the imperfection of their destructive coping mechanisms that they believe are helping them get through their grief.
They only begin to untangle their spirals when brought back together.
Be so careful going into this one, and check the content warnings when you can. But if you need a beautiful and heartbreaking slice of life book about sisterhood and grief - absolutely pick Blue Sisters.
This book is really meant for anyone who has sisters, but especially if you find yourself in a tribe of siblings that depended on each other to be their parents, friends, confidants, therapists, and irregular sanity checks.
The multiple POVs in this book were striking and distinct, raw and devastating, encompassing the jealousy and competition and devotion each sister has for each other.
There is a very clear nod to the failure of American health systems in minimizing the stakes of living with a debilitating chronic illness and the desperation women seek to relieve their pain after experiencing gaslighting and ableism from their practitioners and the people they trust the most.
We meet three of the Blue sisters one year after the death of their fourth, Nicky. We jump immediately into the ways they have reacted to their loss and the imperfection of their destructive coping mechanisms that they believe are helping them get through their grief.
They only begin to untangle their spirals when brought back together.
Be so careful going into this one, and check the content warnings when you can. But if you need a beautiful and heartbreaking slice of life book about sisterhood and grief - absolutely pick Blue Sisters.