Less about grief and more about self-indulgence. Must we keep rehashing "poor beautiful girl who just isn't happy" story? I expected a story of sisters grieving. What i got was a story of excesses and self-centered consumerism

Coco Mellors is a talented writer, and like with Cleopatra and Frankenstein I mostly enjoyed the reading experience of Blue Sisters. Yet something was lacking for me. Blue Sisters follows three adult sisters still reeling from the tragic death of their fourth sister a year ago. Addiction has run through the Blue family’s veins for generations, and is barely kept at bay under the weight of grief. Where Mellors loses me is in her characterization. Each sister is larger than life in some way: Avery is a hot shot lawyer, Bonnie is a champion boxer, Lucky is a gorgeous model, and Nicky is dead. Mellors does a good job convincing us of the demons that plague each sister, but all of it is steeped in a privilege that feels unnecessary. Some pretty important macro themes are also not well explained, including the sisters’ strained relationship with their mother. All in all there were parts I wanted less of and parts I wanted more of, making this just ok overall.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for a free early copy in exchange for an honest review.

What an incredibly intimate portrayal of sisterhood and family. I related to all of the sisters in some way. Reading thoughts I've had but have never shared out loud was a wild experience. Coco really delved deep and I felt to immersed in each of the sister's stories. The book felt intimate, heartbreaking but hopeful. Loved it.

thank you to netgalley for the arc! What a beautiful story about sisterhood, forgiveness, grief, and love. I loved the awareness this book brought upon such an important topic that should be talked about more. Coco Mellors truly has a way with words.

A good story, with great characters with whom you engage instantly. I would have given it 5 stars but found the ending lacking.

This book was quite interesting and I had to say I enjoyed it. The characters were enjoyable to read and I was still thinking about the story days after finishing the book. I enjoyed leaning about each sister and their lives even though they were together during a sad time. I would like to read more from this author.

The mellow drama is enough to keep anyone enthralled, but realistically the genre isn’t for me. It’s too much sad girl fiction esque

Thank you NetGalley for providing me with the chance to read one of my most anticipated releases of the year!

After I read Cleopatra and Frankenstein, I just knew Coco Mellors was just going to be one of THOSE authors for me. The characters and worlds in Mellors’s stories are so vast despite those stories being relatively “commonplace”, being that in some way, millions will experience similar struggles day to day across the globe. So you can imagine my anticipation for Blue Sisters.

This story follows Avery, Bonnie, and Lucky, as they toil with grief, loss, heartbreak, addiction, trauma and more, following the death of their sister, Nicky. We meet the sisters a year after their middle sister’s untimely death and each woman is stuck. Now in a position of losing the home where their sister’s belongings and memories still reside, the women must face the more complicated and difficult parts of their lives head on. Along the way, we learn about their lives through their individual points of view and the ways in which Nicky shaped them… and destroyed them.

These characters and their stories are absolutely phenomenal. Anyone with a sister, a sibling or a sibling like relationship with someone will be able to identify with one of the sisters, even Nicky, who despite never being an active participant in the present time of the story, is just as well rounded and flushed out. These women are broken, flawed, and scared, and just so incredible to hear from. To be able to connect each of their individual stories, to see their miscommunications and arguments and misunderstandings, all for them to come together in the end, wraps this story into such a nice and neat bow.

Easy five stars from me. It is an understatement to say that I am such a fan. Cannot wait to see more from Coco Mellors in the future.

4.5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.✨

“It was easy to love someone in the beginnings and endings, it was all the time in between that was so hard.”

This was such a beautiful, raw, and vulnerable story of sisterhood and family dynamics. Each character feels so real to me and as the youngest in my family with 4 older sisters I felt a lot of this book DEEPLY. Coco does such a wonderful job at throwing you in the depths of what it feels like to be a human and is slowly becoming an instant buy author for me! Highly highly recommend this book— bring tissues!

Thank you to NetGalley and Random House for the ARC!

When I heard Coco Mellors was coming out with a new book I just couldn't wait and I’m so happy I got a chance to read this as an arc via NetGalley. Following three sisters as they navigate grief, the way it has manifested itself in themselves, their relationships, their jobs, in every aspect of their lives as they ultimately come back together from their various separate worlds a year after the passing of their fourth sister. Each chapter is an alternating focus on one of the sisters and I found myself enjoying each one pretty much equally which I think is hard to find with alternating perspectives like that but I wasn’t bored or just wanting to get through one to get to the other, I genuinely liked each sisters perspective and I thought their relationship was very touching even as someone who didn’t grow up with siblings. I really adore the way Mellors writes both her characters and the actual format of both her books, it worked just as well if not better for me in Blue Sisters than in Cleo and Frank. I personally don't like to compare books because they are obviously different but Mellors is consistent in giving amazing fully fleshed out characters and formatting her books in a way that is so captivating and I think a signature for her, her writing style is unique and I absolutely love it I cant wait to read from more from her in the future.

I love the way this sad story is told. It’s about navigating grief, trauma, addiction and sisterhood.

When one of the Blue sisters dies of an overdose, the three remaining sisters must each grieve in their own way, yet try to hold the bond of sisterhood together. Each of them is struggling not only in their grief, but also just struggling through life and trying to be happy. They lash out at each other and at nothing at all.

The story is complex but written beautifully. I loved every single sister and cheered for them in all their messiness and chaos. This is an absolute gem of a book. Thank you, NetGalley and Random House Publishing Group for the ARC.

This story was completely captivating and immersive. Blue Sisters follows three sisters as they navigate grief and life after the loss of their fourth sister one year ago.

As a big sister myself whose sisters are at the center of my world, I knew that I had to read this book and that it's complex themes of sisterhood would resonate deeply with me. The characters are messy, imperfect, flawed, compassionate, and hurting, and their stories are told in a way that feels so powerfully real in the wake of tremendous grief and loss. It takes a rare talent to write a story like this, in which you feel everything the characters do, and it manages to feel fast-paced and engaging, despite this being largely a character study with very little plot movement.

I do think that the pacing was a little off at times, and while there were flashbacks integrated throughout the story of the sisterhood growing up together, I think that the way they were executed didn't create as full of a picture as possibly intended, and kept the story from having as much impact as it had potential for. Regardless, this was a fantastic read that I would highly recommend. There are several TW's I would encourage you to check before reading this, namely, addiction, which was a prominent theme of the book.

Thank you Random House and NetGalley for the eARC!

Still reeling from the loss of their fourth sister, Nicky, who died one year ago, the three remaining and estranged Blue sisters are thrust together by a series of self-destructive events on the eve of their parents' selling the apartment they grew up in. Each sister is battling her own form of addiction, and as their lives slowly unravel, they are forced to reconcile their recent choices within the walls of their childhood home among the remnants of Nicky's life.

This was a really interesting character study, and I felt like the sibling dynamic was portrayed in a realistic way. While I really enjoyed the character development, something was missing, which is why it wasn't a 5-star read for me.

Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors

Incredible, beautiful, funny, I loved it 💙

Mellors deliverers a touching and emotional story about the love, grief and tension between three sisters. Blue Sisters is one of my most highly anticipated books for 2024, and I’m incredibly grateful to have read it early.

While the novel delves deep into dark subjects like addiction and infidelity, the story is surprisingly fun a lot of the time. I’m notoriously a slow reader but I was absolutely addicted to this book, and loved the characters. Avery, Bonnie, Nicky and Lucky felt like real people living in this world. And I didn’t want the book to end.

Coco Mellors has become one of my favorite authors and I look forward to reading the book again when it’s released September 3, 2024.

Thank you @netgalley and @penguinrandomhouse for the advanced copy.

Thank you Netgally, Coco Mellors, and Ballantine Books for this arc.

Sister are something special and a force to be reckoned with. And this book made me appreciate the unique relationship that come from being a sister.

The blue sisters are no different. Coco has a way with words and making this story seem real.

Avery-The oldest high-strung sister

Bonnie- The second oldest and to be honest my favorite one

Lucky= The baby

and Nicky!

Sister navigating life after loss. And finding out they need each more than they think.

I want to say more, but I will spoil it for others.

This book was an amazing read and I cannot wait for YOU to read it and I know you will love it.

Have the tissues near bye.

Coco Mellors has done it again! This book is a beautiful work showcasing the complex relationship sisters have with one another, as well as dealing with grief, addiction, and finding one’s identity. Blue Sisters follows the three Blue sisters as they find their way back to their childhood home around the anniversary of their sister's passing. The relationship between the different ages and the stereotypical “roles” each daughter/sister fulfills is so reflective and honest that I think a lot of readers will be able to relate to the story being told. It was a wonderful read that really makes the reader reflect on the sisterly relationships they have in their life.

To say I’m obsessed with this book is an understatement. I loved the characters, the setting, the empathetic portrayal of addiction and reproductive health issues. Coco 4 lyfe!

I read Coco Mellors first novel, “Cleopatra and Frankenstein,” just shortly before I read this novel. While I didn’t love the plot of that story, I thought Mellors did a fabulous job in character study and development. That encouraged me to give this book a try when I received it on NetGalley.

Mellors is truly an expert in creating dynamic and complicated characters. Each Blue sister is unique and complex and yet the family lines running beneath it all are still very clear. Based on their childhood and overall life trajectory, each sister tried to escape their past in a way only they could. But, grief has a way of bringing up the past no matter how buried it may seem.

As an eldest daughter myself, I definitely related to Avery the most. Her need to keep a perfect facade for her sisters and parents and try to take care of everyone else is definitely something I relate to. She also tried to hide her pain and struggles from her loved ones, preferring to handle things on her own. This made her extremely relatable to me and I loved seeing her character growth throughout the story.

All three sisters have beautiful character growth that is evident as they finally process their grief over their dead sister. Mellors truly does a phenomenal job at describing grief and how it never really goes away. Through each sister, this story explores all the different ways grief can affect a person and how the only way to get through it is just to get through it.

In the end, it is clear the sisters need each other to finally process their grief. While this story is definitely sad, it still manages to end on a hopeful note, encouraging not only the characters but the reader to believe that no matter what you go through, it can and will get better (especially if you lean on your loved ones).

this modern-day-take on little women was beautifully written (of course, coco mellors is one of my absolute favorites) but for me the story fell flat. i found myself bored throughout most of the novel, even if there were so many lines i’m grateful to have read because mellors really is something special.

Going into this, I expected to thoroughly enjoy it, and I'm pleased to report that I did! I was so quickly invested in all of the sisters, and I think Mellors did a masterful job at balancing their stories. The slow unraveling of events, shedding secrets to the reader, really efficiently sold me on all of their relationships. For someone like me who doesn't have a sister, the author sure knows how to make you feel like part of the family. I cannot wait to recommend this to everyone once it comes out!