Maddie Fisher's Reviews > Blue Sisters

Coco Mellors writes some of the most beautiful lines I've read in a novel. Her writing made this book decadent to read, and given the subject matter, I think it's quite a feat. This is a book about addiction and the default roles people take in their families. It's a story about grief, and responsibility, and longing, and failure. By showing a moment in time from three points of view, the reader is given insight into the pain and longing of modern women.

I love how delicately Mellors expressed the impact of heartbreak on a woman's desire to forge and grow a family of her own. I love how she explored the ways people manipulate the ones they love most. She deftly wrote the irony of self-sabotage and the magic of having someone believe in you.

Best of all, Mellors delivered a redemptive and hopeful end note, that colored the story in shades of healing and optimism. It's just the sort of story worth reading when being human feels like the loneliest thing in the world. It's the kind of thing that reminds us life is complex, and people contain multitudes. I loved this.