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Summary: Wish I hadn't read this one at all
Review: I read Little Alters everywhere on recommmendation from a co-worker after reading Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood. It almost ruined Divine Secrets for me. Incestuous Vivi is stomach churning. What was Miss Wells thinking? It's practically not the same Vivi-acious character. I recommend the second book highly, but this one...should be Vivi-sected.
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Summary: If Y'all Liked "Ya Ya Sisterhood"..
Review: I took this book on vacation with me and enjoyed it so much I re-read it. It's even better than "Divine Secrets". Each person in the book has a very distinctive narrative style and I admire the author for pulling off that tricky feat first and foremost. Second,it's just a very well-written,hilarious and heartbreaking book. I wish that Ms.Wells would write another book. It would be just "YaYa" if she did..!
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Summary: An even darker side to the YaYa's
Review: This book was well written, but just plain depressing in parts. Every awful fact of life is in here somewhere; madness, incest, alcoholism, child abuse and more. The author presents these things as normal from the point of view of each member of the family. Scary, but riveting, and it gives some more background for the second book.
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Summary: YIKES! THE CUSTOMER REVIEWS FOR THIS BOOK RUIN IT!
Review: **awesome, thought-provoking read** i wish i hadn't read these reviews before i read "little altars everywhere". they ruined parts of the book and almost scared me out of reading it!! but i have to say i enjoyed this read so thoroughly and certainly much more than "divine secrets..." (also great!). rebecca wells develops the characters' so much more fully and deeply- i became completely engrossed in the characters lives and experiences. wells has a fabulous way of portraying her characters (w/their good and ugly sides) in such a way that you always get attached to every character and his quirks. true, this book can be kind of dark at times as it deals with some ugly real life struggles and dysfunctionality. however, it is just that aspect of the book that makes it an entirely REAL experience. if you can dig deeper than surface level, you'll find this to be a real gem!! cheers! hope y'all love it as much as i did :)
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Summary: sharply bitter, lacks cohesion
Review: This book is more a series of vignettes or little snap shots of a dysfunctional family in Thornton, Louisiana than it is a novel or story. Vivid, the book evokes pictures of family cruelty and ruthlessness. The whole feel of the book is disjointed, lacking cohesion and feels more bitter than meaningful. This books is a disappointment compared to her other, the Divine Secrets of the YaYa Sisterhood, which is peopled by the same characters (though is characterized nothing like them) and has more grace and redemption. Bypass this book in favor of Divine Secrets.
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Summary: the ya-ya's cult
Review: not anywhere near as awesome a read as divine, but wow.... i read this after divine so maybe that influenced my feelings, but i was disturbed by the emotions this book brought out in me towards vivian... what a horrible woman.... from the trailers i saw of the divne movie... i think they glossed over the true vivan... i can only hope that these novels were not reality based...
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Summary: Can we give this book a Minus rating????
Review: AWFUL simply put the book was awful. I love the Divine Secrets book and read that one first. Little altars was a waste of paper in my opinion. I don't quite understand how a character (Vivi Abbcott) protraited so richly in the Divine Secrets was so extreamly evil, cruel and hateful in little altars. Frankly I wish I had never read little altars. It turned the slightly demenented characters so like in Divine Secrets and pretty much destroyed them. -10 in my book
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Summary: Read this after Divine Secrets
Review: I am so sad that I read this book. After I finished reading "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood", I wanted to be like them. I loved the characters and actually missed them after I finished the book. Although it is well written and the stories are great "Little Altars Everywhere" ruins what I thought of Vivianne and Shep. She is a horrible woman and I am so glad that I read Ya-Ya's first.
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Summary: I'm glad I read Divine Secrets first.....
Review: Had I read 'Little Altars Everywhere' first, I might have avoided Ms. Wells second novel. And that would have been a shame, for 'Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood' has a charm and grace which is lacking in most of this first novel.The episodic form of 'Little Altars' is somewhat disjointed for the telling of one unified story, but I admire the author for trying something different. Because I already "knew" these characters, and some of the back story about them and their relationships, I was able to use 'Little Altars' to flesh out my knowledge of the Walker clan. And that is always a fascinating experience. I found some of the subject matter distasteful and occasionally even shocking because Ms. Wells is uncompromising in her need to tell the complete story. It's not a sugar-coated, prettified and washed-behind-the-ears version of events. These people were sometimes down and dirty, often selfish, careless of themselves and others. Both restless and reckless in the choices they made. I ended up liking ViVi and Big Shep a lot less with this outing and realized that I understood less about them than I thought I knew after reading 'Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood'. On the other hand, Siddalee's brothers and sister became "real people" for me in this book. Each had one or more chapter devoted to themselves relaying incidents from their childhood. Then during the visit home when Sidda's godchild is baptized gives us a chance to meet Baylor, Little Shep and Lulu all grown up. Although Little Altars isn't without it's painful moments, I think I NEEDED to read this book and I'm glad I did. Rebecca Wells has given us a fascinating glimpse into the soul of a small town southern family. Her talent for storytelling is a gift without measure.
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Summary: Absoultley Great!
Review: Little Altars Everywhere is one of the best books i've read in ages it conveys a real life family showing the ups and downs in a comical, yet truthful way. I reccomend it to anyone who enjoys a REALLY good read after a hard days work.
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