Summer Sisters

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Summary: Save your money
Review: This book really gets no stars from me!!! From what I've read in the reviews below, I can only guess the age of the reviewers must be something below seventeen. This is NOT an adult novel, as it contains NO character development, some of the worst dialogue I've encountered in years (including a three year old who announces, "I'm into construction."), and no reason for me to care one iota about a single character. (The characters barely care about one another. When one actually dies, the author uses is as a means to temporarily separate two lovers rather than use it as opportunity to make her storyline more compelling.) Please save your money. There are so many better novels out there, and Blume is a lazy writer. Try Jackie Mitchard's new one instead. It's called THE MOST WANTED, and while it's not the best I've read this year, her 14 year old main character is a hell of a lot more interesting than the drivel Blume offers. And if Mitchard won't do, but you still want a novel about "sisters," try Amy Tan's THE HUNDRED SECRET SENSES.

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Summary: Great summer, laying on the beach, can't put it down, book!
Review: I feel like I have grown up with Judy Blume. Read all of her books in junior high school, and now with this one, she has caught up with my present life. Caitlin and Vix and are great characters. Victoria is extremely well developed as a character. I couldn't put it down. I read it in 3 days.

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Summary: Entertaining! Found myself laughing out loud!
Review: Well written book takes you back to your youth and makes you remember all of the things that went on in your life during those carefree summers. We have all known these characters. And the Mothers-- don't get me started.

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Summary: Thoroughly Enjoyable!!!!
Review: This is my first time ever reading a Judy Blume book. It took me less than 24 hours to finish. It was captivating and very real, I can definetly identify with many of the issues. In fact, I will be sending a copy of the book to my best girlfriend in Jamaica.

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Summary: Not what I expected!!
Review: I actually read this book twice. The first time, just the first 3 chapters, and I took it back to the library as I couldn't get into it. Checked it out again a few weeks later, and couldn't put it down!

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Summary: Summer Sisters is a book that, once read, can't be let go.
Review: I grew up with Judy Blume and was excited to read Summer Sisters. I found myself drawn into the story almost immediately, and when things seemed to be falling apart for Vix, I worried as if she were a real person. I loved the ending to this fairy tale at the Vineyard and this book has haunted me ever since. After reading the last page, I called my best friend and begged her to read it. Vix Leonard and Caitlin Somers are two characters who will live in my mind forever.

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Summary: Judy Blume, The Best At Her Craft!
Review: The delicious feeling I had when I possessed a new Judy Blume book came rushing back to me once again when I bought this book. Since my first novel, "Blubber," which I read with greed on a Christmas afternoon on my grandparents couch, I was hooked. I read, "Are You There, God, It's Me, Margaret," thirteen times (I counted). "Summer Sisters" takes Blume fans back to what it was like when we were thirteen and beyond, back to the reality when our best friend was the most important person in our world. I read this book in one day, and was truly sorry when I finished. A wonderful summer read!

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Summary: Judy Blume is back in my life
Review: I used to read Judy Blume books non-stop when I was younger. I was so excited when I saw her on CNN one morning talking about her new book. I bought it as soon as I could find it, and couldn't put it down after that. I lent it to my best friend from High School. It reminded me of the two of us a lot. She enjoyed it as much as I did and reminiced with everything that happened with the two girls.

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Summary: Forgettable Summer Sisters
Review: I haven't read anything from Judy Blume since I read Freckle Juice and Are You There God...when I was a kid, and I have to say I was disappointed. I didn't care all that much about what happened to Vix, and even less about Caitlin. Blume's other books are timeless and unforgettable. Unfortunately, Summer Sisters is not up to par, and is entirely forgettable.

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Summary: Wonderful, enlightening, heartwarming and charming
Review: I have read Judy Blume as a child and still enjoy her just as much now as I did then. This book makes you laugh and cry. Everyone needs a friend like Caitlin and everyone wants a friend like Victoria. Wonderful book.