Summer Sisters

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Summary: Good chick book
Review: Normally I go for Clancy, Vince Flynn and Nelson DeMille but this is a good, light summer read. Guys shouldn't bother - this is definitely a chick book - but the ladies will enjoy it. I got annoyed by the ending - it was pretty abrupt and you never find out what happened to Caitlin. However, the Somers' were a good portrayal of a rich, eccentric family and Vix's family was dead-on realistic. And sometimes extraordinary girls like Vix do fall for shallow boys like Bru.

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Summary: Emotional Rollercoaster!!!
Review: Summer Sisters was an amazing book! I had trouble putting it down! The book was a little wierd at times especially when the subject of "the power" was brought up. Minus the parts about "the power" that the girls shared between them I thought this book related well to girls because most of us girls have a close friend that we spend lots of time with and whom we never get sick of. I read this book during the summer and I really felt like I was a part of Vix and Caitlin's summers, their memories and the fun times they shared reminded me of times well spent during my past summers. Judy Blume captures the lives of these two teenagers at an awkward stage in their lives yet she displays their characters beautifully in a way that she makes them feel real to the reader. Everyone I believe goes through a stage in their lives where they want to be someone else, Vix has always been fond of Caitlin and she loves her summers on the Vinyard because she gets to live in the world that Caitlin lives in everyday, Vix is able to escape her everyday pressures by sliping into Caitlin's care free world. This novel makes the reader feel a little of evey emotion, from laughter and crying to jealousy and anger, I find that the emotions a reader feels while reading a novel is what makes a book so enjoyable.

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Summary: don't bother
Review: This book was lousy, the characters were not believable and so much of the story was trite, or cliches. It was recommended somewhere and I thought it would get better but never did.

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Summary: From Fudge to Summer Sisters
Review: Judy you were a winner from the first time I picked up Fudge's first book. Summer Sisters was incredible!!!!!!! I lived that book for days. Thanks you are remarkable

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Summary: Summer Sisters....
Review: This book was great from page one until the end. I was hooked. It is about a friendship and when you learn more about Catlin the more you ask yourself why is she and Vix are even friends. Their friendship is full of adventure, heartbreak, love and the family situtation is just created by amazing writing. I don't want to say much about this book because it is best to read it yourself. I will say that Judy Blume's book is brilliant!

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Summary: Good but disappointing...
Review: I liked the book for the most part but was disappointed that Judy Bloom never let any of the other characters confront Caitlan about her reckless behavior. She was wild and irresponsible, spoiled and bratty from childhood to adulthood. She walked all over everyone that loved her and no one called her on it. She was so self distructive and no one seemed to notice or care. I kept waiting for someone to put her in her place or to reach out and help her and it never happened.

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Summary: A very good book
Review: I absolutely loved Summer Sisters. Judy Blume did an excellent job on this book. It is by far the best book I've ever read in my life. I opened up the first page and didn't put it down until I was finished with the last page. You just want to keep reading and reading until there is no more. Its exciting, drama filled, emotion filled book and I recommend this book heavily.

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Summary: Summer Sisters
Review: Judy Blume describes the story through the eyes of the main characters Victoria how her friendship with her best friend Caitlin evolved over the years.The major theme in the novel is friendship.The two girls grew up in Santa Fe but spent every summer from the sixth grade to senior year in high school in the Vineyard.The two girls started to fall in love with boys over the summers.After they graduated high school Victoria went to Harvard and Caitlin traveled around the world.
I liked this book because the book starts out with the ending, but does not give away the big surprise. The author makes you think that something is going to happen, but goes a different way with her ideas. The ending is not what the reader expects at all.

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Summary: One of the best "coming of age" stories I've ever read
Review: I enjoyed Judy Blume's books as a young adult and was thrilled when I heard she wrote another adult book. This book did not disappoint! Its definitely one of the best "coming of age" stories out there. I could relate to alot in the book as I grew up in a small town on the coast of New England and my summers were very similar to Vix & Caitlin's. My only complaint is that I would love to hear the same story told from Caitlin's point of view. This book made me laugh and cry, and also nostalgic for those New England summers gone by.

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Summary: Seven and a half out of ten
Review: I loved Judy Blume's books as a young adult, and I've also read Wifey & Smart Women. I particularly enjoyed 'Summer Sisters', as it was engrossing, yet a light and mild book. In this story, Blume makes many interesting observations about women's friendship, women's development, and the nature of young love.

I started and finished the book on a rainy Sunday and it was a wonderful escape from the rain, with its references to summer and the summer adventures that the two female protagonists experience. The fact that I was driven to finish it in one day shows that it is definitely a 'page turner'.

Blume develops the characters with a great deal of care. Tawny, Victoria, and Abby are characters that are complex and well-developed. The male characters are not as well developed, which is disappointing. Sharkey is especially under-developed, I found, as I would have expected him to have a lot more to say. I also found some of his thoughts on his sister disturbing. Some of the scenarios with Vix & Cassandra were also disturbing, and it may be the Judy Blume went a bit too far to make this fictional work more racy that it needed to be. Just to set the record straight though, MOST women's friendships don't involve any joint incidents with "the power".

Caitin is also under-developed in terms of character development. One big flaw in the plot is that I seriously doubt her father would let her travel around the globe at such a young age without giving her any guidelines or parental direction. The end left me unsettled as well, as it didn't seem realistic or believable.

Nevertheless, this is a great book for those of you who want to escape the winter or a rainy day.