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Summary: Judy Blume Has Never Failed Me!
Review: Ever since I was a pre-teen, she's been one of my favorite authors! Summer Sisters was a fantastic read with a surprising ending for me! It's quite the page turner and even has pages that will make you giggle! I highly recommend this book!
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Summary: Blume for grown-ups
Review: Heartbreaking, funny and fascinating all at once. If you loved Blume as an adolescent, if you read "Are You There God, It's Me, Margaret" about a hundred times, if you were coming of age in the late '70's -early '80's, do yourself a huge favor and read this book. You will ache for Victoria and struggle to understand, sometimes struggle to like, Caitlin. The dynamics between these two characters are fascinating. I was not able to put this book down once I began reading it.The supporting cast of characters is equally fascinating, and you will love how they all meld together in a wonderful mosaic of personalities. The setting of Martha's Vineyard is perfect for the story and the characters, and in fact becomes a character in itself. Blume fans, don't miss this. Give yourself this book for Christmas--you won't be sorry. And Ms. Blume, if you're reading this, hurry up and write the sequel!
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Summary: A very good book
Review: I absolutely loved Summer Sisters. Judy Blume did an excellent job on this book. It is by far the best book I've ever read in my life. I opened up the first page and didn't put it down until I was finished with the last page. You just want to keep reading and reading until there is no more. Its exciting, drama filled, emotion filled book and I recommend this book heavily.
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Summary: so great i read it every summer
Review: I am a senior in high school and have read this book every summer since 7th grade. From other people, i hear that there is a lot of sexuality in this book, but i honestly do not think it includes anything a middle schooler should not hear. This book tells a great story of unconditional love and friendship. It does a great job of showing that best friends are more like family than perfect people.
I would recomend this book to anyone who likes a tear-jerker that will make you laugh and remember your own childhood girlfriend
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Summary: One of the best "coming of age" stories I've ever read
Review: I enjoyed Judy Blume's books as a young adult and was thrilled when I heard she wrote another adult book. This book did not disappoint! Its definitely one of the best "coming of age" stories out there. I could relate to alot in the book as I grew up in a small town on the coast of New England and my summers were very similar to Vix & Caitlin's. My only complaint is that I would love to hear the same story told from Caitlin's point of view. This book made me laugh and cry, and also nostalgic for those New England summers gone by.
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Summary: Good but disappointing...
Review: I liked the book for the most part but was disappointed that Judy Bloom never let any of the other characters confront Caitlan about her reckless behavior. She was wild and irresponsible, spoiled and bratty from childhood to adulthood. She walked all over everyone that loved her and no one called her on it. She was so self distructive and no one seemed to notice or care. I kept waiting for someone to put her in her place or to reach out and help her and it never happened.
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Summary: Brings back magical summer memories
Review: I love this book! I was born & raised in New York and spent many summers on the Cape, Marthas Vineyard & Block Island. This book brought back so many wonderful memories of that most special and treasured time of my life. As a 30 year old, I too grew up around the time Vix & Caitlin did. I was amazed at how a book could capture so well what growing up in the late seventies & early eighties was like. Although my life was hardly comparable to Vix & Caitlin's, I could really identify with the emotions that this book captured so well. I once again was transported back to that idyllic time when life seemed so simple and full of promise. A time of discovery filled with friendship, first love and the summer seemed endless. Judy Blume has been a favorite author of mine since my childhood days & this book so captures what drew me to her books in the first place. I am so grateful that she has followed us into adulthood & recaptured those magical days. I cried a lot during this book for the lost friendship of my "summer sister" but I also smiled as all those happy memories flooded back. I highly recommend this book. Vix & Caitlin lived in my heart long after I finsihed the book. I laughed, I cried but most of all I remembered.
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Summary: Seven and a half out of ten
Review: I loved Judy Blume's books as a young adult, and I've also read Wifey & Smart Women. I particularly enjoyed 'Summer Sisters', as it was engrossing, yet a light and mild book. In this story, Blume makes many interesting observations about women's friendship, women's development, and the nature of young love.
I started and finished the book on a rainy Sunday and it was a wonderful escape from the rain, with its references to summer and the summer adventures that the two female protagonists experience. The fact that I was driven to finish it in one day shows that it is definitely a 'page turner'.
Blume develops the characters with a great deal of care. Tawny, Victoria, and Abby are characters that are complex and well-developed. The male characters are not as well developed, which is disappointing. Sharkey is especially under-developed, I found, as I would have expected him to have a lot more to say. I also found some of his thoughts on his sister disturbing. Some of the scenarios with Vix & Cassandra were also disturbing, and it may be the Judy Blume went a bit too far to make this fictional work more racy that it needed to be. Just to set the record straight though, MOST women's friendships don't involve any joint incidents with "the power".
Caitin is also under-developed in terms of character development. One big flaw in the plot is that I seriously doubt her father would let her travel around the globe at such a young age without giving her any guidelines or parental direction. The end left me unsettled as well, as it didn't seem realistic or believable.
Nevertheless, this is a great book for those of you who want to escape the winter or a rainy day.
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Summary: Summer Sisters
Review: Judy Blume describes the story through the eyes of the main characters Victoria how her friendship with her best friend Caitlin evolved over the years.The major theme in the novel is friendship.The two girls grew up in Santa Fe but spent every summer from the sixth grade to senior year in high school in the Vineyard.The two girls started to fall in love with boys over the summers.After they graduated high school Victoria went to Harvard and Caitlin traveled around the world.
I liked this book because the book starts out with the ending, but does not give away the big surprise. The author makes you think that something is going to happen, but goes a different way with her ideas. The ending is not what the reader expects at all.
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Summary: From Fudge to Summer Sisters
Review: Judy you were a winner from the first time I picked up Fudge's first book. Summer Sisters was incredible!!!!!!! I lived that book for days. Thanks you are remarkable
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