Seven Sisters

I have started reading the Seven Sisters by Lucinda Riley, which is the most popular series saga being read at the moment.

(so I have high expectations! ) In this story, there are seven sisters who are all adopted by an elusive billionaire. I have no idea why he didnt adopted any sons, Ive only just started the novel. Their adopted dad didnt marry anybody. In the first novel, he suddenly dies of a heart attack, and the eldest, who was the only one who stayed at home (a mansion in Geneva) must contact all the others who are all over the world and let them know. Each novel is about a sister and I think each one will explore how they came to be adopted. He names each one after the stars that are in the seven sisters constellation, the Pleaides.

Anyway lets talk about sisters. How many do you have? And what is your relationship like with your sister(s). If you are one, what kind of sister are you?

I have one sister, and she is 2 years older than me. I would say, I am more like Mary to her Martha. She is very responsible and a doer wheras I am more of a dreamer. I sometimes wish I had a younger sister but I just have younger brothers. My cousin was more like a younger sister to me.

I would say my sister and I are very different and her being elder she kind of gets first dibs on everything. Plus she has the annoying 'I know better than you' thing older siblings have. I wonder if all older sisters have that or it just depends on how far apart in age you are.

I have a younger sister. Seeing how we live far apart we rarely get together.

my sister lives on the other side of the world.


Well I just got started reading the book and have to be honest and suspend my disbelief a lot. Why because in this book the author describes every single character as good looking, rich, and attractive. What? Not an ugly looking sister among them...not one with crooked teeth, or has brain damage, or neurotic? lol

She actually describes one sister as having the perfect body and looking astonishing. Before even doing anything. Oh and they all have blue eyes. And they have no idea what their Pa does for a living even though theyve grown up in a huge mansion and are always telling their maids to prepare them lunch on the terrace. Yea its that kind of book. On plus side. one of the charcters jets off to Rio and goes to visit the Christ the redeemer statue. So maybe there is a teeny tiny bit of christian content amongst these so far spoiled brats. The address Pa gives her to find her birthplace is no favela though. Of course not.

I have 3 sisters all younger than me...I moved out from my parents when I was in my 20's ...to find work so that I can help my parents and my siblings... so I was not really there everyday when my sisters were growing up...but the distance was not really a hindrance for us to bond 😊 I always call them and speak to all of them whenever I get the time...give them advice about love,relationships,life and God...

We are quite different from each other ...our youngest is the silent one(introvert)...the 2nd youngest is the tough one lol she is quite straightforward and always ready to go to war if you mess up with her or her other siblings she is an extrovert 😄 and the other one who is older than them but younger than me she is quite the cool type of sister she will listen first before she speaks and is very patient...

Well, me... lol I don't know how to describe me as the older sister lol 🤔hmmm...let me see...they say I am the youngest...not only because I am a lil childish I am also the tiniest and the shortest lol 😄 ..and I feel like my younger sisters are more mature than me...I am not the strict type of sister but I am protective but not overly protective towards my siblings...

Although I am way older than them we quite blend well together. I am really happy about them because although we joke around I can feel the respect they have for me as their older sister ...



I admit there are things that I don't know that my younger siblings know...and there are things that I know that they don't know....and sometimes as the older sister I become exaggerated about some things especially about love and relationships advice because I don't want them to experience heartache...but I never interfere who they choose...


I am that kind of sister who is like a mother-father-sibling and a friend kind of sister maybe because I was the one who supported my family financially and I was the one they can always depend on in everything for the longest time already... you know...they give you that kind of respect like a parent.



But I am just a normal older sister who wants the very best for her siblings in everything...not the perfect cool older sister...did some things that hurt them too but they know how much I love them 😊

My older sister, was very protective of me, she would walk me to school, so she took on a sort of mothering role thought I really dont need TWO mothers. I guess its a cliche that the elder one is the more responsible one but she really was and took it seriously, I think when you are younger you dont feel that burden as much.

we are close enough in age though to have this sort of rivalry, I think if we were say 5-10 years apart it would be quite different. Though financially she has never supported me, she as always been quite independent and didnt like sharing her things.

It was like oh get your own. I think she didnt want anything of hers wrecked which is fair enough, but I would naturally borrow her books and wished I could wear her trendy clothes, but she didnt lend them to me as much as I would like. lol Plus her clothes didnt fit me, I was too small.

She got the top bunk when we shared a room and was a neatnik. I was the messy one.

spoiler...
well if I read another sentence where the sister finds out shes the spittng image of the 'most beautiful women Brazil ever produced ' I think I'll gag. (page 129)

of course, she couldnt have been adopted from the favela cos what billionaire would even do that.

hmm well about 2/3 way through. I thought maybe it would be a bit more about the seven sisters and their relationship the have with each other and growing up together being adopted but no.

so far its not even about that but each one trying to find out their birth history...which is only mildly interesting. Actually its quite boring to be honest. I myself am not that curious to know what my grandparents (either of them) got up to in their youth...?! In the far away land of China. And I am not even adopted.

I am sure if you delve far enough you'll uncover some scandal at some point in your family geneology/ancestry. For example, Jesus had many prostitutes as mothers in His lineage. Does that make Him any more or less than other people. I dont know, I think the way he treated people and was a brother to his disciples says more about Him than his birth family history.

i am supoosing a lot of people kinda wish they had stunning lineages and in a past life were incredibly wealthy or royalty like Cleopatra or something. But for most people that isnt the case.

Lol i can't even remember my nephews and nieces names ( just my older brother's kids lol 😆😂) so digging my genealogy/ancestry would be too much for me already 😆

Are you close to your older sister? And how about when you and your sister were growing up...did your parents remind you both to share and help each other at all times? And how many siblings you have? 😊


I am not the oldest...I am the 3rd child in the family I have 2 older brothers...



I think your sister did something valuable for you...she taught you not to depend on her...and that is a good thing...it taught you to work hard and stand on your own...





That is what happened to me...I had no one to turn to but myself....I worked hard so that I can stand on my own two feet (of course without God's help I won't be able to 😇)


Lol I am not a neat-freak I am a messy older sister but my younger sisters are messier than me 😄

hmm were close in age, 2 and a half years apart but otherwise we did not do everything together. So we were quite independnt. we shared a bedroom, but that was it. I got hand me downs sometimes but my sister didnt like me touching her stuff, and we had different interests. My problem was I naturally wanted to emulate her as to me she was perfect and always did everything right. (so my sister didnt actually need MY help, its more I would have needed HER help)

But then I found it was better to be my own person. Funny cos then my two younger brothers were twins...and THEY did everything together.

I keep in touch with my sister even though shes half a world away, we regularly facetime every couple of weeks. I am thankful for my sister and I are not dependant on each other, though she has turned out to be someone who is totally reliable anyway. I think her being elder and firstborn though things naturally go her way anyway. So its easier for her, whereas for me, being a middle child, things were never certain, I was always being pulled in opposite directions. However I get to be peacemaker in the family.

It wasnt till my sister was in her late 20s that she realised her younger siblings thought she was bossy. lol.
She would say to my mum ...Am I bossy?

Of course when you ARE the boss, nobody would say that to your face and you wouldnt question it cos it would be like saying is the pope catholic. My big sister is a natural born leader. Captain of sports teams, organiser, manager, etc. Anything she sets her mind to, she can make happen.

Confession I DNF (did not finish) seven sisters book.
I gave it away as we were having a Matariki breakfast and there was a raffle with books as prizes, so I thought maybe someone else might want to read it. Despite the rave reviews, from people whove read all seven books...I was not really that into it. The part about making the Christ redemer statue was ok, and they DID go to the favela eventually, but otherwise, it was melodrama. The usual someone marries someone they dont love, then takes a lover, then has to make a decision which one to choose when inevitably they fail at birth control. Happens all the time doesnt it? But it had nothing really to do with the main character whos great great grandmother it was. And I cant wade through 400 pages just to get to the point and then find I need to read six more books to find out why they all were adopted in the first place.

If wanting to read a saga about an adopted girl, and a slice of now history I think readers are better off reading the Anne Of Green Gable series. In that one, you know right away why Anne gets adopted.

Or, girl at orphange wanting to be fostered..The story of Tracy Beaker.

Or Annie.

Or real life adoption stories like Kisses from Katie, or Mama Tina.

I caught up with The story of Tracy Beaker by Jacqueline Wilson, she wrote a few sequels to this feisty character who gets fostered but wants to find her birth mum. initially she gets put into care at a childrens home, where she acts out in the worst way but gets fostered by Cam who is writing an article about childrens homes.

In The Dare Game, or I Dare you, Tracy Beaker, her birth mum eventually does come for her even though shes now being fostered by Cam (as far as I know, never said explicitly in the book, but shes a lesbian) but Tracy soon finds even though her mum lavishes her with treats and every 'thing' she could possibly want, she is also a drunk, got relationship issues with her many boyfriends, and leaves her alone at home to go out clubbing with her friends.
Tracy then runs away to an anbandoned house with two other waifs and strays who have issues with their own parents. But eventually she DOES go back to Cam who she cant admit loves her the most, and Cam is heartbroken that her fostered child would leave her for her unreliable birth mum, but of course, she cant show that or do anything about it. They eventually make up and Tracy realises that her birth mum is frankly, rubbish at mothering.

I think about the few adopted/fostered children I know, that had tried to find their birth parents, and while some of them did, they could never connect with them the way they have bonded with their adopted/foster parents. But they did see the unstable living conditions their birth parents had and I think eventually found they were glad they were adopted or fostered.

though I do know that adoption is permanent over fostering, which can only be temporary until the parent gets their act together. I think if a parent is on drugs, they shouldnt be responsible for a child, if a parent is so out of it and passed out that they cannot function, or is violent, that is neglect, and I guess then social workers have a right to intervene and what they call uplift the child and get them into care. The problem is when the foster parents become abusive, or the other children may bully the adopted or fostered kid.

however it is so sad to see that a birth parent would actually choose drugs and partying over their own child.

Happens all the time though. My own mother had to raise my niece because my sister was... negligent.


You seem to take a LOT of issues with a LOT of plots in fiction books. You do know what fiction is, right? It's... like... not real. By definition it is not reality, so they don't have to take reality into account when making these plots. You are aware of this, right?

I mean... it IS possible to still enjoy them, even though they are not realistic. I don't believe dragons could ever be genetically engineered and be able to teleport and communicate telepathically, but I still enjoyed Anne McCaffery's Dragonriders of Pern books.

I have one little sister and shes one of my best friends. Shes 7 years younger than me and growing up I bought her everything and probably spoiled her a bit. Now shes married with 2 little boys and a baby on the way and now I get to love on and spoil her kids.

Ive always been a motherly older sister... now that shes away (only about 30 minutes away) my younger brother ( we are 17 years apart) and I are very close. I love all my siblings and we all have a great relationship

wow 17 years apart

Im more like that with my younger cousins though their parents didnt like me 'spoiling' or buying treats for their children apparently because it made them look bad.

Though I tend to think if nobody is really treating them kindly who will??

My older cousins didnt really treat me but I do recall sometimes getting their hand me downs, which were appreciated.