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A review by meredithamadee
Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
fast-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
4.25
I can’t decide between 4 and 4.25 stars.
Here are my thoughts:
-I was initially captured by the beautiful description of sisterhood and the fast plot. The book was easy to read and I stayed engaged in it.
-The author used so many big SAT words that felt so distracting. She described Lucky’s smile as “lupine” in like three different ways and it felt repetitive. She also used the word ostensibly way too many times and the phrase “apropos of nothing” more times than felt realistic for a normal human to use. I don’t know, maybe that’s a natural way for the author to talk but it felt unrealistic and annoying and took me out of the story.
- I wanted a little MORE but that is usually how I feel with a family drama with multiple characters. I need at least 400 pages 😂
-this was not as sad as I expected but that’s probably because I just read Demon Copperhead 😂😂😂
- I thought the ending was really beautiful and appreciated seeing the growth in each of the sisters even it was messy and imperfect
Overall a beautiful book that had a little less OOMPH than I had hoped but I still enjoyed it and would recommend.
Here are my thoughts:
-I was initially captured by the beautiful description of sisterhood and the fast plot. The book was easy to read and I stayed engaged in it.
-The author used so many big SAT words that felt so distracting. She described Lucky’s smile as “lupine” in like three different ways and it felt repetitive. She also used the word ostensibly way too many times and the phrase “apropos of nothing” more times than felt realistic for a normal human to use. I don’t know, maybe that’s a natural way for the author to talk but it felt unrealistic and annoying and took me out of the story.
- I wanted a little MORE but that is usually how I feel with a family drama with multiple characters. I need at least 400 pages 😂
-this was not as sad as I expected but that’s probably because I just read Demon Copperhead 😂😂😂
- I thought the ending was really beautiful and appreciated seeing the growth in each of the sisters even it was messy and imperfect
Overall a beautiful book that had a little less OOMPH than I had hoped but I still enjoyed it and would recommend.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, and Sexual content
Moderate: Sexual harassment