Sisters

A Novel

By: Daisy Johnson

Narrated by: Daisy Edgar-Jones, Anna Koval

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR

“[A] skillfully crafted gothic mystery . . . Johnson pulls off a great feat in this book.” —Financial Times

“It reminded me, in its general refusal to play nice, of early Ian McEwan.” —The New York Times Book Review

“Johnson crafts an aching thriller about the dangers of loving too intensely.” —Time

From a Booker Prize finalist and international literary star: a blazing portrait of one darkly riveting sibling relationship, from the inside out.

“One of her generation’s most intriguing authors” (Entertainment Weekly), Daisy Johnson is the youngest writer to have been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Now she returns with Sisters, a haunting story about two sisters caught in a powerful emotional web and wrestling to understand where one ends and the other begins.

Born just ten months apart, July and September are thick as thieves, never needing anyone but each other. Now, following a case of school bullying, the teens have moved away with their single mother to a long-abandoned family home near the shore. In their new, isolated life, July finds that the deep bond she has always shared with September is shifting in ways she cannot entirely understand. A creeping sense of dread and unease descends inside the house. Meanwhile, outside, the sisters push boundaries of behavior—until a series of shocking encounters tests the limits of their shared experience, and forces shocking revelations about the girls’ past and future.

Written with radically inventive language and imagery by an author whose work has been described as “entrancing” (The New Yorker), “a force of nature” (The New York Times Book Review), and “weird and wild and wonderfully unsettling” (Celeste Ng), Sisters is a one-two punch of wild fury and heartache—a taut, powerful, and deeply moving account of sibling love and what happens when two sisters must face each other’s darkest impulses.

not my thing

I really couldn't get into this. I didn't care about the characters and I didn't care what happened to them. I barely even cared about the mystery of all of it. I struggle with stories where the main character (particularly if it's told in first person) is essentially a non-entity with no personality. I think the writer is talented and is capable of writing things in a beautiful way, but I just really didn't like the story

The narration of the book is incredible

It’s a good story, nothing wonderful, I enjoyed some parts of it, but the narration it’s excellent!!

Good Not Great

It’s not like this story is completely original, but the prose and slow unraveling of events has you captivated. I was hoping for a WOW ending but I felt that moment never came. I’m glad I chose audio, as it totally added to the creepy atmosphere.

Great family story!! Go in blind!!

Was locked in from the first page. It’s a fantastic story of a family dealing with the aftermath of something horrific… but what is it?

It's a decent book, some would really enjoy

the audible was kinda annoying since she took a lot of short breaks between paragraphs or sentences. I understand her trying to make the tone a weird vibe but the audible could've been a decent bit shorter. putting it in 1.5 speed helped me a lot. the story itself is a different kind of book from what I've ever read. it was well done, it's not really suspenseful but at the same time I was intrigued. it involved a lot of thinking but it was nice