Bluets takes its readers on a profound journey through the color blue's vast expanse. Author Maggie Nelson weaves a tapestry of personal narrative, exploration of pain and pleasure, cultural references, and philosophical musings, all centered around the hue that dominates her thoughts. As she constructs her 'pillow book,' Nelson grapples with a heart-wrenching end of a romance and the severe injury of a close friend, seeking solace and understanding in the color's depths. Through encounters with iconic figures draped in blue and piercing insights into beauty's place amidst sorrow, this narrative becomes a meditation on the ties that bind joy and suffering, the aesthetics of emotion, and the visceral nature of grief and affection. Bluets emerges not only as a study of an obsession but as a reflection on the human condition.