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Summary: A Southern Belle's Advice to Yankee Readers
Review: In the South we don't hide craziness, we put it right out on the front porch, and I think Rebecca Wells does the same in this book! Few books are audible while I read them, but while reading The Divine Secrets I could hear every word. Wells recreates The South so well that I could taste the liquor we used to smuggle into football games while wearing pearls and our best dresses. If you are from the South, ya'll will love this book like you love good iced tea. If you are a Yankee, I'm sorry ... but I don't think "you guys" will understand.
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Summary: Transports you straight to Louisiana
Review: The mere number of reviews on this books shows how powerful it is. I reccomend this to anyone who loves a good, honest, deep, read. It will make you laugh out loud and cry. It would be fun to be a Ya Ya for a day. (But not the morning after!) If you are interested in this book, read "Little Altars Everywhere" first; although it sold fewer copies, it is equally fabulous and is the first in the series.
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Summary: Beautiful addiction..
Review: Ever picked up a book, and become so involved with the story and the characters that to put it down would be near enough impossible? Of course you have, we all have.For me "The Divine Secrets of The Ya Ya Sisterhood" was one of those books. From the moment I entered the story fully (after the introduction) until the moment that I put it down, I felt that I was alone without the book in my hand, bag, on my desk, in bed or in the bath. I have recommended Rebecca Wells book to so many people that I lost count after 20. Yet I'm writing this review in response to others that I have read regarding the aforementioned book. Maybe it has no solid story line, and maybe you could compare it to Steel Magnolias. Maybe it can appear overly sentimental, and maybe it touches on subjects that you don't like to read about, because you recognise the cause and effect in your own life. However, are the above mentioned necessarily bad things? Why should people stick to the 'norm' in writing? Why can't they write about subjects that have been addressed before, yet in a different way? There are only so many things that you can write about in fiction, and all contain human emotion. So if you've ever 'felt' before then you will gain something from reading this book. And although it concerns - and for the main part is aimed at women - I also know men who have read and enjoyed the generation saga. How many books that are based around female friendship, yet still appeal to men do you know of?
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Summary: Delicious!
Review: I just finished this book, and I have to say, it is one of the very best. Wells has opened up my own desire to delve into creative writing, a genius. The story of the Ya-Yas is so tastefully done, one cannot help but wish that one was indeed a Ya-Ya. Vivi is certainly one of the most colorful characters I have ever had the pleasure to smell, taste, feel and experience. All submodalities are brought to life in this book, as if you are in Louisiana on a country road, cruising in a convertible, drinking a flask of bourbon with the wind in your hair and the smell of summer all around you. Marvelous read!
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Summary: Capital O for Overrated
Review: This book is not badly written. It simply has no plot and I can easily place it in my top ten Most Boring Books list. Perhaps I am a bit biased since everyone I knew raved about this book and it was strongly recommended to me by several people. I was bound to be disappointed I suppose and hence should not blame a fairly good writer. I know that others will vehemently disagree with me but I have to ask.....what is the big deal about this book? Why, when there are so many other interesting novels out there, would you pick up this bland concoction. Sure, the mother-daughter conflict makes for interesting fiction otherwise it would not be done so often in literature. If you want to read real mother-daughter drama, read White Oleander. I don't understand what is so compelling about this group of four women who grow old together. It really reminded me of Steel Magnolias which does nothing for its credibility.
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Summary: Fantastic read!
Review: What a delicious book! Wells transported me quickly into her world of realistic and eccentric characters as I felt I was experiencing the storyline firsthand. The vignettes are intricately written and cried and laughed with the ebbs and flows of the plot. A must read!
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Summary: I WANT TO BE A YA-YA!
Review: After reading this book I wandered around my house talking to everyone in a thick, drippy, Southern accent, much to my husband's chagrin. I called my best girlfriend, and, in my new accent, urged her to read the book because I KNEW she'd love it. We ARE ya-ya's! Now, if I can only stop calling everyone 'chere'...
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Summary: Divine Secrets of the YaYa Sisterhood
Review: This is a great book with lots of action and suspense. I do believe though that it is about the most dysfuctional family in the history of books! I can't believe all the things that happen to the children growing up under their mother's protection! You must read it to believe it!
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Summary: Best Thing Since Mommas Rum Cake!
Review: Oh, dear me. What a wonderful, sometimes tragic, roller-coaster ride through the deep south with all its mysteries and blessings. Being a native of South Louisiana, this book brought back not only the sweet smell of the bayou as a child, but the fascinating remebrance of my own pride and spunk, much like that of the ya-yas. You will laugh out loud in the same moment that you fight back tears. Rebecca's writing enables one to read with the accent of a true southern belle-not to mention-want to speak it out loud, especially being from the south and meeting people who aren't. I truly envy the ya-yas and all the outrageous, glorious, and gutsy moments they shared- along with the memories they made. Momma always said that growing up ain't easy-but those ya-yas sure make it look fun!
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Summary: Ick
Review: Well, Siddah is a boring and annoying character. I liked the Ya-Yas better, but having to endure "Ya-Ya" this and "Ya-Ya" that was like being forced to take a long car trip with a group of 9 year old girls speaking a secret language. It's like dunking your head in a bucket of sloe gin. The writing is pretty bad too - Wells tries a little too hard to be poetic and ends up just plain twee.
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