Coco Mellors writing style and the brilliant characterization of the Blue sisters makes this novel a masterclass in raw literary fiction. I’m not the best at describing writing styles beyond I liked it so bear with me, but hers is cinematic like this is a limited series on HBO. It’s a mix of these anecdotal stories and flashbacks that grab your attention and make you laugh and/or cry and then these birds-eye-view raw truths after. Frankly I’d like to be Coco Mellors’ friend. I’m better for reading her writing, and from the way she writes I imagine she’s the kind of person you’re better for knowing. I also wish the Blue sisters were real, so I could throw my friendship at them too. Avery is self-critical and exacting in a highly relatable well; oldest daughters will certainly see themselves in her. Bonnie is a bleeding heart  and simultaneously tough as nails. Lucky is the most puzzling to me and where I had the most to learn. We watch them all break and come back together simultaneously as only sisters can. They expanded my understanding of addiction, and either of Coco Mellors books are great places to start for novels that explore that honestly but tenderly. And I can’t go without talking about the fourth Blue sister, whose life and loss is the catalyst for this story. Nikki’s experience with chronic illness is all too relatable to me, and she sheds such a light on the heartbreaking connection between chronic pain and addiction. This book split me open and sewed me back together. A new all time favorite.