Summer Sisters

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Summary: Wonderful!
Review: I hate to read....and this book has made me read so many others. I finished it in less than 24 hours and enjoyed it very much. I definitely recommend it. This is a must-read!

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Summary: Excellent book
Review: This is definately a must have. I remember growing up on Judy Blume books. This brought back many memories. Vix and Catlin are great. I couldn't put it down. Read it in 2 days!!!

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Summary: This is Judy Blume's finest work.
Review: Summer Sisters is absolutely captivating. I was hooked right from the start, coming to care deeply about these characters. Judy Blume defines characters through realistic dialogue, and she doesn't waste time with nonessential details -- she gets right to the point. The stepmother in this story, Abby, is worth the entire book. Judy Blume creates characters who live with you even after you've finished the last page.

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Summary: Judy Blume captures life like no other.
Review: I am a fourteen year old girl and I loved the book. I immediately made all of my friends read it and they all loved it too. This book can be enjoyed by anyone. Especially if you have a best friend.

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Summary: Blume should stick with her stories of adolescent angst.
Review: I enjoyed "Wifey", her first adult novel, quite a bit more. I have read every single one of her young adult novels and loved them all; I'm encouraging my children to read them as well. I was disappointed in "Summer Sisters", I found it to be more similar to paperback romance novels than to the quality I'm used to from this author. A good beach read, but once read, soon forgotten. I found Caitlin annoying and Vix one-dimensional. Ellen Feldman, Elizabeth Berg, Beth Gutcheon do this genre so much better

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Summary: Sizzling, page turner! You won't want to put it down.
Review: I like to read; however, I do not read frequently. When I choose a book, I want to make sure that it is captavating. Summer Sisters fits this description. Judy Blume has done an excellent job of combining friendship, romance and family in Summer Sisters. It is 400 pages, but will seem like 100 (easy reading). Two friends come together every summer and explore friendship and most of all romance. The storey line lets you look in to how people grow apart, but always remain friends. Don't think of Judy Blume as only writing plots you read when you were a child or young adult. She will surprise you in the first chapter. Please buy it today! You wil not regret it! I highly recommend Summer Sisters.

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Summary: Great friend book
Review: What a great read I was taken from the first page and two days later I was done and wished there was more. It was light and easy and brought me back to summer friends and my teenage years. I can't wait to pass this book around to my friends. I always thought of Judy Blume as a childrens author now I can't wait to try some of her other books. I am hooked!!

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Summary: Save your money
Review: This book really gets no stars from me!!! From what I've read in the reviews below, I can only guess the age of the reviewers must be something below seventeen. This is NOT an adult novel, as it contains NO character development, some of the worst dialogue I've encountered in years (including a three year old who announces, "I'm into construction."), and no reason for me to care one iota about a single character. (The characters barely care about one another. When one actually dies, the author uses is as a means to temporarily separate two lovers rather than use it as opportunity to make her storyline more compelling.) Please save your money. There are so many better novels out there, and Blume is a lazy writer. Try Jackie Mitchard's new one instead. It's called THE MOST WANTED, and while it's not the best I've read this year, her 14 year old main character is a hell of a lot more interesting than the drivel Blume offers. And if Mitchard won't do, but you still want a novel about "sisters," try Amy Tan's THE HUNDRED SECRET SENSES.

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Summary: Great summer, laying on the beach, can't put it down, book!
Review: I feel like I have grown up with Judy Blume. Read all of her books in junior high school, and now with this one, she has caught up with my present life. Caitlin and Vix and are great characters. Victoria is extremely well developed as a character. I couldn't put it down. I read it in 3 days.

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Summary: Entertaining! Found myself laughing out loud!
Review: Well written book takes you back to your youth and makes you remember all of the things that went on in your life during those carefree summers. We have all known these characters. And the Mothers-- don't get me started.