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Summary: Summer Sisters
Review: Summers could never be better than spending them with your best friend. Caitlin Somers and Victoria Leonard got to experience this first hand with their annual summer vacations to Martha's Vineyard. This was a very enjoyable book to read which brougt you through the lifes of two best friends. Judy Blume has a unique style of writing that creatively places you right into the center of action. You feel what they feel, laugh and cry with them, and even start to think like they think. Judy Blume wrote this book as if she were with the girls day to day. It was hard to put the book down because I always wanted to know what was going to happen next. Although it was one of the longer books I've read, it only took me about a week and a half to read.
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Summary: Riveting, but disturbing
Review: I'm a big fan of Judy Blume and couldn't put this book down, but I was left with very mixed feelings after completing it. I thought Ms. Blume did an exceptional job of exploring the turmoil of adolescent sexuality and the sex scenes are hot and plentiful, which didn't particularly bother me. What I found disturbing was the relationship between the two main characters, which I perceived as unhealthy and abusive. The novel seemed to suggest that the long-term friendship between the girls was valuable enough to excuse Caitlin's behavior, no matter what type of pain or betrayal she dumped on Vix. All in all, I didn't feel that the lessons about friendship contained in this book were healthy, especially not for Blume's teenaged readership. I'm sure quite a few girls will come away from it thinking that Caitlin is 'cool', and that's a little scary.
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Summary: Blume for a lifetime!
Review: I read and reread Judy Blume's books as a child and I have read and reread her books as an adult. I have not loved a book as much as Just as Long as We're Together until Summer Sisters came along. I have read this book time and time again and I never tire of it. I think there is a little bit of Caitlin and Vix in every girl/woman and Blume makes it so easy to identify with these characters (if you can call them characters, Blume brings them to life!) I recommend this book to all my female friends. I am enchanted every time I read Summer Sisters and I will be for quite a long time to come.
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Summary: ONE OF MY TOP TEN
Review: ....however, in making that statement, I realize that this book is definitely not for everyone.I connected with this book immediately. The story traces the relationship of two women, from very different backgrounds, from the time they are pre-teen, into adulthood. The book starts out in the '80's and recalls songs, books, and historical tid-bits with which I could identify. The time line fit perfectly with that of my own life. The lingo was easy for me to relate to. It was amazing how I could relate to the attitudes and behavior of the main characters, and understand how others around them were relating to them. The primary setting is Martha's Vineyard, an island that I am very familiar with. So I was able to picture in my mind all the places she was talking about. However, for those easily offended, I would not recommend this book. I raved about this book being one of my favorite to a friend, but also suggested that another relative not read the book because she would find if offensive.
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Summary: Great Summer Read!
Review: I loved this book. I loved the characters and I loved following them summer to summer to see how they had changed and grown up. This is a great easy fast fun read for anyone!
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Summary: An all star book-One of the best!
Review: After reading this book I was left in complete awe. I felt as though Judy Blume was writing this book just for me.I have always loved Blumes books, but now that I am older(early 20's) its nice to read a book like "Summer Sisters". This book tells a tale of two friends that come together by an unknown fate.Two teenage girls, one who is unsure and shy and the other confident and popular.An unlikely friendship that lasts throughout time. Each girl learning from the other. Together they experience,family woes, boys,sex,heartache and betrayal. This story is great for those who have ever had friend that nobody ever understood but you and for those who ever had a friend that truely knew what it meant to be a friend. Truely an inspiring tale of friendship between two girls/women.(Adult read)
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Summary: An entertaining book about friendship
Review: Slightly shy Vix dosen't know it but Caitlin is going to change her life. When Vix is only 12 Caitlin for some reasons choses her to spend the summer with her at Martha's Vineyard. When she gets there she's shocked at Caitlin's life-style. But soon she gets used to it and returns summer after summer. Caitlin helps to introduce her to guys, true friendship, cheesy romace novels, and later Sex. But when something horrible happens on Vix's last summer at the Vineyard, something that Caitlin did, can their friendship ever be reconciled? Years after the last summer Vix's loyalty is put to the test. Is she willing to give up the man she once loved for a friend? This book was reccomended to me from a friend. I was quite surprised when she did becasue this isn't the usual kind of book I read. But I was pleasently surprised. Summer sisters is a funny, touching, and entertaining book about frienship, love, sex and growing up. Though it's aimed primarily towards adults highschoolers will also love to read about Vix's growing up on the Vineyard and at collage. I would reccomend this book to all my friends.
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Summary: Must Read
Review: ... this summer I read this book. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Though some parts can be quite risque, the book is wonderful. It brings back so many memories of my best friend and I she has also now moved away. Blume is a great writer and obviously if you have read any of her books, she is not afraid to tell it like it is! Sharing this book with my friends they all related to each character at sometime or another in the story. Both characters make you love them, and you will see a lot of yourself in each girl. It will make you laugh out loud one minute at how genuinly funny and sad the thoughts children and teens can be! This book will bring back many memories for you and even a few tears! The two girls spend their lives trying to figure out boys, thier parents, siblings, and themselves though some of the toughest times in their lives and NEVER BE ORDINARY. The end will suprise you, make you cry, and who knows what else! Judy Blume has broken a lot of boundries with her writing and once again with this book has done it!! Enjoy!!!
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Summary: Summer Sisters
Review: Have you ever had a friend that you loved and hated all at the same time? How can two girls be completely opposites and run different lives, but still manage to be best friends? Well that is just the beginning of Vix and Cailin's relationship in the very entertaining book, Summer Sisters. Best friends are never supposed to betray each other either, right? Caitlin, on the other hand, has different morals. The heartbreaks of all the relationships going on all started when some boys get involved. This book goes through the stages of a girl's life and what becomes of it. Caitlin is in a phase in her life where she wanted to meet new people and travel around the world to explore, and this is when Vix and Caitlin grow further apart. Vix is in the stage of her life where she needs to know where is heading in life and Caitlin has trouble accepting that. If you like to read about conflicts between people this would be the number one book to read. This book will keep you focused on what exactly is going on. If you like soap operas, this is definitely the book for you. This is a book you will never want to set down. You will always want to know what is going to happen next. The ending is so unbelievable you will be shocked!
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Summary: Growing
Review: As Judy Blume as one of my favorite writers it was very easy for me to enjoy this book. Oh God are you there? It's me Margret was my all-time favorite book so reading another Judy Blume book was great fun. This book shows so much love and friendship and at the same time suspense. You begin the journey with Vix and Caitlin right from the beginning. From their first summer trip together you can see the closeness they hold in eachother. The times they share make them grow so much. But like all things times change and people sometimes grow apart. This example occurs between Vix and Caitlin although they hold their long distance friendship together til the end. They go through many difficult experiences and are challenged with sometimes wild adventures. This book is so vivid and descriptive that you are torn to put it down. I would recommend this book to anyone over the age of 13 because it is quite descriptive about certain topics. I absoultely loved this book and have read it again after I had to read it for class.
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