#blue sisters

[femboytrait]

Another one of Claudio looking like some sort of creature.

[reverie-quotes]

She wanted to make a bed in the chamber of his chest and live there. She wanted to speak and have his words come out of her mouth.

— Coco Mellors, Blue Sisters

[carvingsunrise]

just some photos from my favorites :•) also! i've finished reading blue sisters over a month ago and it's the best book i've read this year!!! definitely a 5/5 for me.

[fairycosmos]

blue sisters by coco mellors

[rosegardendeprofundis]

After reading Gone Girl recently, I’ve been thinking a lot about unlikable narrators and why I either love them or absolutely despise them (there is truly no in between). I think it really comes down to author’s intent; if the author wants the reader to like or root for the narrator but the narrator is insufferable, the whole book is probably going to irritate me. However, if the author makes the narrator awful on purpose, that usually makes for a fun read.

One example of “accidentally unlikable” to me is Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors (I’m so sorry if you love her books—they are just NOT for me). The reader is clearly supposed to feel sympathy for the main characters because of their circumstances, but it was very difficult to empathize with them when they treat people poorly for no reason and do not show substantial growth by the end of the book.

As for “intentionally unlikable,” there is, of course, Gone Girl, but my favorite example of this is My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh. That narrator is THE WORST, but I love to hate her.

[hvnfvr]

FUCK BINGING

pjo, iwtv, and heated rivalry doing the weekly rollout is healing my attention span. i finished blue sisters by coco mellors an hour ago and have so many notes and reflections on it to make.

good storytelling makes the world go round.

[poetlcs]

books I’ve read in 2024 - no. 28

Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors

[smiercpukamidodrzwie]