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Summary: A good, realistic book
Review: I think Summer Sisters was a good, realistic book. People want to mention that there were too many references to sex in the book, but most of the things are realistic and are things that happen in teenagers lives, especially if they go on vacation, whether you want to believe it or not. I think it is a good book, and I can't wait for time to pass so I can read it again.
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Summary: Judy Blume cops out -- what a disappointing read!
Review: I was a HUGE Judy Blume fan as a young adolescent and was, thus, eager to read Summer Sisters, her latest novel for adults. While the book was hard to put down, I can't remember ever having been so disappointed. The ending was predictable, and the characters and phrasing quite simplistic. It's as if Blume forgot that she was writing for adults. As I was reading this book, I felt that the author was quite lazy. For example, there's a passage where she writes something like: they discussed the relationship between neurosis and personality for an hour. She should have either written out at least some of that dialogue, or completely omitted the description (of the discussion topic). I also found it hard to believe that the protagonist would have maintained such a deep friendship with a character as selfish as Caitlin. Much of the book was unbelievable: the protagonist's attending Harvard, sponsorship by her best friend's parents, and marriage (I won't reveal her husband so as not to spoil the ending, though it is predictable.) Blume should stick to books for children and teenagers.
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Summary: I felt like I was 12 again
Review: I grew up reading Judy Blume's books, and to tell you the truth, I would have rather spent my time re-reading Superfudge. This book was so predictable-I read in in a few hours while strnded at the airport. I just didn't feel anything for these characters, except for disbelief that they could be so unrealistic. Someone mentioned Lamb and Abby taking Vix in even when Caitlin wasn't there. That is so unrealistic. This was a good quick read, but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. Read Otherwise KNown as Sheila the Great or Are You There God it's Me Margaret if you really want to be entertained. I must say though, that she did get the scenery right. I grew up right across the way from the Vineyard, and the setting is dead on. It was cool to read about places I knew.
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Summary: GREAT BOOK ! But I would make SOME changes to it !!
Review: I grew up reading Judy Blume, so I had to grab this book from the shelf. I am 24, so it reminded me of my close girlfriends and sister and how we used to go through similar feelings as young teenagers. I did not like the way she started the book with "the ending"...Now I knew what was going to happen all through the book. I did enjoy it very much though. You get close to the characters and even angry at them..I haven't read a book this quickly in YEARS !!!
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Summary: It was Okay, could have been better
Review: I had heard about this book and wanted to read it for a while. I had read Wifey and Are You There God, Its Me Margaret so I had high expectations for this book. Throughout the book I was wondering how it was all going to come together. There were so many characters having their say, in one paragraph chapters. The ups and downs of the friendship between Catilin and Vix and their difference in lifestyles kept me interested.
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Summary: Best Judy Blume book I've read
Review: I read a lot of Judy Blume books and this one is probably the best. It will make you laugh and cry.
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Summary: Disappointing and Unbelievably Bad
Review: I read Judy Blume's books as a girl and was looking forward to reading this book, a gift from my mother-in-law. I found the characters poorly developed and unsympathetic. There was nothing interesting, redeeming or romantic about this book filled with cliches and too much sex. I grew bored halfway through, skipped to the ending, skimmed what was in between, and put the book down in disgust. If you're an adult, don't bother. If you're a teenager, stick to Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. I just could not believe that any serious reader would find this book worth reading.
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Summary: The most fun I've gotten out of a book in years!
Review: This book sat on my bedside table for a month before I read it. I had gotten it through a book club and decided to read it last. I didn't think it would be that good, some reviews said it was less than ordinary. After I started reading I couldn't stop! I could not believe someone had put one of my most precarious friendships down on paper and it made sense. When I lived thru this friendship I was on top of the world one minute and at the bottom of the barrel the next. And she was literally my summer sister. It was like a summer fling. I had a lot of fun "reliving" those memories and laughing about it. Much thanks to Judy Blume for once again writing a story I and hundreds of others have experienced with com'passion' and humor.
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Summary: BAD BAD BAD
Review: This is the worst book I have read in years. The writing had no texture. It was written for a twelve year old. The plot was very simple, purile, not moving and not a page turner. I did not want to read it. I was disappointed after reading and loving every word Judy Blume wrote as an adolescent. I would give the book to my twelve year old if he wasn't a boy.
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Summary: My life flashed before my eyes...
Review: I never summered anywhere, but once I started reading this book I could not put it down. It was a glorious read on Thanksgiving day. I don't pretend to be a scholar who has studied authors, but I did read "Are You There God? It's Me Margaret" -- Judy Blume spoke to me then, and she's speaking to me now.The friendship, the growing up and discovering of sexuality, the reservation Vix felt about letting herself go, the duty and responsibility one feels for family, the songs they sang along to on the radio -- this is my life. I'm buying copies to send to my summer sisters.
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