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Summary: A Summer Tradition
Review: When I first bought this book to read, I had no idea that it would be the greatest book I've EVER read. Up until then, my favorite book had been "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech (Also very good, read it!).....I love this book and it is one of the two books that has ever cause me to cry at the end (the other one "Walk two moons").......It has now become like a tradition for me to read it once a year, in the summer, on long car rides back fromt the beach.....I would recommend it to any female 16 and up.....
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Summary: I could not put this book down until I finished it!
Review: It's been years since I've read a Judy Blume book and I picked this one up at a thrift store. WOW... I was so incredibly wrapped up in this book, I just couldn't put it down. I loved the story and the characters. I cried at the end of this book and couldn't wait to call my best friend to BEG her to read it. I love Judy Blume's writing style, her choice of characters and their intricate personalities. I highly recommend this one!
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Summary: Very close friends with different outlooks on life
Review: What a terrific story!! It's about 2 young girls that befriend each other with Vix being envious of Caitlin's adventures. Vix spends her summer vacations with Vix and her family and minimal supervision. A lot of adolesent learning about boys, sex, partying and then moving into young adulthood with love, choosing a mate, and children. I loved this book, it was fun watching these 2 girls grow close than loose touch with each other and then start communicating again. I wish There were more adult books by Judy Blume. This story was SO REAL. If you grew up having a real close friendship and grew apart as you approached adulthood, you will adore this story.
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Summary: Summer Sisters
Review: Summers could never be better than spending them with your best friend. Caitlin Somers and Victoria Leonard got to experience this first hand with their annual summer vacations to Martha's Vineyard. This was a very enjoyable book to read which brougt you through the lifes of two best friends. Judy Blume has a unique style of writing that creatively places you right into the center of action. You feel what they feel, laugh and cry with them, and even start to think like they think. Judy Blume wrote this book as if she were with the girls day to day. It was hard to put the book down because I always wanted to know what was going to happen next. Although it was one of the longer books I've read, it only took me about a week and a half to read.
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Summary: Riveting, but disturbing
Review: I'm a big fan of Judy Blume and couldn't put this book down, but I was left with very mixed feelings after completing it. I thought Ms. Blume did an exceptional job of exploring the turmoil of adolescent sexuality and the sex scenes are hot and plentiful, which didn't particularly bother me. What I found disturbing was the relationship between the two main characters, which I perceived as unhealthy and abusive. The novel seemed to suggest that the long-term friendship between the girls was valuable enough to excuse Caitlin's behavior, no matter what type of pain or betrayal she dumped on Vix. All in all, I didn't feel that the lessons about friendship contained in this book were healthy, especially not for Blume's teenaged readership. I'm sure quite a few girls will come away from it thinking that Caitlin is 'cool', and that's a little scary.
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Summary: Blume for a lifetime!
Review: I read and reread Judy Blume's books as a child and I have read and reread her books as an adult. I have not loved a book as much as Just as Long as We're Together until Summer Sisters came along. I have read this book time and time again and I never tire of it. I think there is a little bit of Caitlin and Vix in every girl/woman and Blume makes it so easy to identify with these characters (if you can call them characters, Blume brings them to life!) I recommend this book to all my female friends. I am enchanted every time I read Summer Sisters and I will be for quite a long time to come.
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Summary: ONE OF MY TOP TEN
Review: ....however, in making that statement, I realize that this book is definitely not for everyone. I connected with this book immediately. The story traces the relationship of two women, from very different backgrounds, from the time they are pre-teen, into adulthood. The book starts out in the '80's and recalls songs, books, and historical tid-bits with which I could identify. The time line fit perfectly with that of my own life. The lingo was easy for me to relate to. It was amazing how I could relate to the attitudes and behavior of the main characters, and understand how others around them were relating to them. The primary setting is Martha's Vineyard, an island that I am very familiar with. So I was able to picture in my mind all the places she was talking about. However, for those easily offended, I would not recommend this book. I raved about this book being one of my favorite to a friend, but also suggested that another relative not read the book because she would find if offensive.
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Summary: Great Summer Read!
Review: I loved this book. I loved the characters and I loved following them summer to summer to see how they had changed and grown up. This is a great easy fast fun read for anyone!
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Summary: An all star book-One of the best!
Review: After reading this book I was left in complete awe. I felt as though Judy Blume was writing this book just for me.I have always loved Blumes books, but now that I am older(early 20's) its nice to read a book like "Summer Sisters". This book tells a tale of two friends that come together by an unknown fate.Two teenage girls, one who is unsure and shy and the other confident and popular.An unlikely friendship that lasts throughout time. Each girl learning from the other. Together they experience,family woes, boys,sex,heartache and betrayal. This story is great for those who have ever had friend that nobody ever understood but you and for those who ever had a friend that truely knew what it meant to be a friend. Truely an inspiring tale of friendship between two girls/women.(Adult read)
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Summary: An entertaining book about friendship
Review: Slightly shy Vix dosen't know it but Caitlin is going to change her life. When Vix is only 12 Caitlin for some reasons choses her to spend the summer with her at Martha's Vineyard. When she gets there she's shocked at Caitlin's life-style. But soon she gets used to it and returns summer after summer. Caitlin helps to introduce her to guys, true friendship, cheesy romace novels, and later Sex. But when something horrible happens on Vix's last summer at the Vineyard, something that Caitlin did, can their friendship ever be reconciled? Years after the last summer Vix's loyalty is put to the test. Is she willing to give up the man she once loved for a friend? This book was reccomended to me from a friend. I was quite surprised when she did becasue this isn't the usual kind of book I read. But I was pleasently surprised. Summer sisters is a funny, touching, and entertaining book about frienship, love, sex and growing up. Though it's aimed primarily towards adults highschoolers will also love to read about Vix's growing up on the Vineyard and at collage. I would reccomend this book to all my friends.
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