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Summary: I became deeply involved with the characters in this book
Review: I loved this book and could not put it down. I became very involved with the characters and enjoyed Siddons' descriptions of their relationships. Although I didn't like the ending, I loved this book as a whole
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Summary: :)
Review: I loved this book. It would definitely be good summer rading. I'm a college student with lots of homework but I had to put the homeowrk aside until I finished this book.
It's a story about 4 women and their changin relationships through life. Reading this book is like reliving the college experience. The plot kept me hooked. Enjoy!
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Summary: :)
Review: I loved this book. It would definitely be good summer rading. I'm a college student with lots of homework but I had to put the homeowrk aside until I finished this book.
It's a story about 4 women and their changin relationships through life. Reading this book is like reliving the college experience. The plot kept me hooked. Enjoy!
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Summary: Pretty good, just not quite my taste...
Review: I really tried and wanted to have a positive outlook about this novel. I enjoyed getting to know the characters, but the over-detail of everything else was a little much, for my taste. The character development was very good, except I didn't feel like I knew much about how the characters looked (and that is important to me, since I play books like movies in my head).I found a lot of this book very unrealistic (especially the romances), and didn't like how it ended. It could have been a lot better, or at least more attractively dramatic. I don't feel like I wasted my time reading this novel, I just wish I had picked another one to begin with...
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Summary: Pretty good, just not quite my taste...
Review: I really tried and wanted to have a positive outlook about this novel. I enjoyed getting to know the characters, but the over-detail of everything else was a little much, for my taste. The character development was very good, except I didn't feel like I knew much about how the characters looked (and that is important to me, since I play books like movies in my head). I found a lot of this book very unrealistic (especially the romances), and didn't like how it ended. It could have been a lot better, or at least more attractively dramatic. I don't feel like I wasted my time reading this novel, I just wish I had picked another one to begin with...
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Summary: A beautiful description of adult life and mid-life crisis
Review: I thoroughly enjoyed Outer Banks. Ms. Siddons transported me into someone else's life for a couple of weeks. The friendship between Kate and Cecie contained elements common to many deep female friendships: talking endlessly about nothing in particular, laughing effortlessly, and finding enjoyment in the same activity, in their case poetry. Ms. Siddons' description of mid-life crisis, on several fronts at once, was especially moving as I am in that phase myself. It's a book about real-life sentiments carried through 30 years. I highly recommend it.
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Summary: Great..until the end
Review: I truly enjoyed the book, until Kate decided to go back to the Outer Banks for the reunion. It was amazing to me that she was able to forgive Ginger and Paul for getting married. AND then to cheat on Alan, who had stood by her after everything she had been through - YUCK! And have Alan not even care that she cheated? And we never find out what happens to Cece in those twenty something years, except for a few paragraphs of info. So to sum it up, the first 3/4 of the book was excellent, the last was like watching a soap opera. Sleeping with sleazy Paul-who could STILL control Kate after all those years-was truly poor on Kate's part. She should have given Paul and Ginger a piece of her mind, said farewell and walked away with peace and closure. End of story.
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Summary: Not for me
Review: I usually enjoy Anne River Siddons, but this book just left me unsatisfied. I thought the twist at the ending was just silly (with Paul and Fig). I have to say this is my least favorite of Siddons' books so far.
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Summary: One Of Her Best
Review: I'm a great fan of Anne Rivers Siddons....and, this is my fav. among the bunch. It's full of many different layers, and brings the past and the present together, very nicely. The story of these four women is mingled together very well. I found the story very compelling and full of intrique. The mystery and suspense adds a great amount of interest for the end. I found myself wanting to peak at the end, before I got there.
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Summary: Do you love the Outer Banks?
Review: If you love the Outer Banks, don't read this book. I was very dissapointed. The story starts out pretty interesting, then it gets really shallow and the ending unfortunately is very tacky. It reminded me way too much of the "love/hate" booklets you can buy at a newspaper stand on the street. I do not recommend this book, I was amazed it made it on a Bestseller list at all.
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