Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood : A Novel

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Summary: Oh well
Review: a southern women having a breakdown. what's new with that. All my life i was told that southern women keep everything bottled up inside themselves until they snapped. It just took this book longer to figure that out.

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Summary: Had to force myself to finish it
Review: I agree with the two most recent reviews. This book is not only poorly written and overly dramatic, it is about a bunch of snobbish, obnoxious characters that I could not (and would not) want to relate to. As I was reading it, I kept rolling my eyes and the dialogue - I mean, who talks like that? I kept thinking that it would get better or there would be some really great reason for why the Ya Ya's are so attached to each other but not to their husbands or own children. But I was left wondering why I just read a book about 4 selfish, boring women who ignored their families and thought they had so much hardship and drama in their lives. Give me a break!
I hated the mother and hated the daughter even more for not telling her to get lost.
What an awful book - I could not recommend to anyone with a straight face.

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Summary: 2 days of escape
Review: I read this book in two days. This book touched me so, I called my best friend just to say I miss and loved her. Rebecca Wells style of writing makes the reader truly believe she is there. The author pulls everything together.Awonderful, sad, joyful book. The characters jump out at you.I can't wait for her next book. Thank you Rebecca Wells.

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Summary: I laughed so hard I almost peed!
Review: This book is funny. Every woman should read it wheither she is 13 or 85. The characters come to life and you can't help, but love each and every one of them.

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Summary: Great summer reading
Review: Growing up in the south, I think I know women like Vivi and her band of gypsies. The book was an emotional ride which I really enjoyed. I highly recommend this book.

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Summary: Entertaining, a good summer read
Review: This book was quite entertaining! I read it on a beach trip with my two best girlfriends, making it all the more fun. Then we went and saw the movie. The book makes the movie all that more enjoyable, so I highly reccommend reading it first. A good book for those who feel a relation to the Ya-yas.

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Summary: Ya Ya OKAY
Review: I had heard the hype, seen previews of the movie and tried to read this with an open mind. I enjoyed some of the characters and descriptions of the South and its unique culture, but it never grabbed me and pulled me in, never seemed ultimately genuine with much depth. Perhaps I was spoiled - our book club just read Shade of the Maple by Kirk Martin - the deepest story I have ever read. Now that is a movie I want to see! Perhaps I need some distance, but I'll catch the film version of Ya Ya on video.

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Summary: Fiddle Dee Dee!
Review: I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book AFTER reading Little Altars Everywhere. Little Altars gives the reader a "review" of the main characters in Ya Ya. I can see how someone might be confused in the beginning of Ya Ya with the character switcheroo. I just would have loved to be around the Ya Ya's and inhale their exuberance. What a great read. I am Catholic and from the South...I can relate to much in the book. Highly recommended!

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Summary: Not All It's Cracked Up to Be
Review: Although the book was overall an interesting read, I believe the recent hype has blown it out of proportion. The story is a lovely tale about a daughter trying to come to terms with her relationship with her mother, and trying to put her own life in perspective. A bit slow moving towards the end, the book is a little sluggish and a little melodramatic. It's not the ideal relationship I would want to see between a mother and daughter. I don't envy either of them, nor could i relate to the relationship they shared. The sense of friendship and loyalties are interesting, but not what would've come naturally to me. If you've got some free time, I think it's worth a read, if for nothing else, just to have something to talk about over a cup of coffee with friends.

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Summary: Great read
Review: I was pleasantly surprised by this book. After reading reviews and listening to friends I was not sure what I was getting into once I decided to read DIVINE SECRETS OF THE YA-YA SISTERHOOD. It turned out I know these characters. I was thoroughly entertained. I laughed, cried and identified.