Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood : A Novel

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Summary: An entertaining book!
Review: This was a great beach book. It was a real page turner since you were always wanting to know how Sidda's relationship with her mother came about. Why her mother did things the way she did. The intricacies of mother-daughter relationship that they formed.

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Summary: Highly overrated trash masquerading as literature
Review: I was greatly disappointed when I read this much-recommended novel. I found the writing to be awkward, childish, and repetitious. Few of the characters were believable, and none of them were likeable. I found it hard to believe that this kind of drivel had received so much attention.

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Summary: girl power
Review: i had trouble getting into this book at first but as the story progressed i enjoyed it more. the best part about the book is wells' presentation of the close and beautiful friendship of the four ya-yas. it reminded me of the importance of my own little group of girlfriends and how much i love them.

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Summary: Best damn book I've read in a month of Sundays!
Review: Y'all don't have to be from the South to love this book, Dahlin', but it might help y'all to understand the dialect in which it is written. Being from the Gret Stet of Missippi (yep that's how we say it 'round heah), I have traveled to Loosiana many times and have known people, both men and women, just like the ones in the book. This book is very Southern and deeply steeped in the bourbon, branchwater, and blood that makes up our Southern culture and it is for this very reason that I love it. I also love Rebecca's true use of Southern idioms and pronunciations, but even without an interpreter you can see that it crosses the Mason Dixon Line in its relationships. If y'all DON'T know any folks like the ones in this book then, Dahlin', you have just got to get outta the house moah often!

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Summary: A true testimonial to enduring friendships
Review: Wells' true understanding of friendship's trials and tribulations made the reader envious and kept us interested with every turn of the page. It was wonderful to see that love endures even the most dire situations. I couldn't put the Ya-Ya's down, but then I was sad when it ended. The tear stains on the last few pages of my book is proof. I would recommend this book to anyone I know or meet.

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Summary: Southern-flavored VooDoo Yuk-Yuk
Review: This book lives DOWN to its goofy baby-ca-ca title. So many times I had to back up as I read, because I swore the book contradicted itself over and over again. I hate to agree with one of the characters in the book, but I think Buggy had it right when she said that Vivi and her friends were spoiled, self-centered and childish. I complained out loud so much as I read this book that my husband repeatly asked why I was wasting my time reading it. I finished it just so I would have the right to critique it. The book is supposed to be about relationships between mothers and daughters. On this level I found that the book was exceedingly shallow. Just because you light a candle and invoke some goddesses's name, does not mean you have spirituality or depth of relationship. What a waste!!! As a woman, I am insulted. If I were a Southerner, I would be horrified, if a Catholic, mortified at the portrayals, which may be viewed as the "norm" for that part of the population.

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Summary: Poorly Written
Review: The story has its moments but it can't make up for the inconsistencies in plot and poor writing quality throughout. Wells style is awkward and fumbling.

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Summary: The most entertaining book I've read in this decade.
Review: I laughed out loud reading this book! I wanted to be a Ya Ya and wished I had a group of friends as connected as the Ya Yas. It's true they aren't perfect and they have issues but so do most people. I have been searching for a book that would entertain me as much as this one has but I am consistently disappointed. In a world where the news is coninuously depressing and so many book club novels are dark and heavy it is nice to be entertained. p.s. I am glad I read Devine Secrets before Little Alters.

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Summary: Couldn't put it down!
Review: Together with the "sister" book, Little Altars Everywhere, this is an absorbing and enlightening story. Intertwined with the laughter is the pain and tears many of us remember from growing up. If you read this book you NEED to read Little Altars to get the full effect - probably should be sold together.

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Summary: Couldn't put the book down.
Review: This book is a must read for anyone who enjoys bittersweet humor. I mostly enjoy non-fiction but Ya Ya Sisterhood renewed my faith in reading fiction. I can't wait to read Wells' first book. Good job. Great job, Bebe.