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Summary: Hands down my favorite book
Review: I wish Judy Blume had more "adult" books! This book was wonderful, funny and tear jerking. I have read it about six times over the years and I get wrapped up in the story everytime. It's a quick and one that you don't have to put too much thought into. Read it over a long weekend while sitting in a bubble bath or on a beach!!!
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Summary: Pretty dull
Review: I, like many others, read the reviews for this book on the back of the book after finding it in the store. As you know from my other reviews on Judy Blume's adult books, I have had mixed feelings about them. This one, there is no confusion whatsoever. I found this book to be pretty boring. There was no edge to it unless you count the exploration of lesbianism at about the age of 11 or 12. I don't find that edgy. I find that disturbing. The book was highly predictable. While it is a quick read, I wish I spent the time reading something more entertaining and substantial. Wifey creeped me out, Smart Women was at least interesting, but this one was just a waste of time. Ms. Blume spent a lot of time developing characters, but they weren't characters you care about in the end. The only character that I did like was Caitlin's new stepmom, Abby. The only good thing that happened in the book was that it ended.
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Summary: Good fun book!
Review: This was a really good book. It was a fun and easy read. I recommend it. It is a little sweet, spicy, and sad all in one book.
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Summary: Gobbled it up in one sitting
Review: This book was just amazing. My sisters reccomended it to me, and i just could not keep my head out of the book. I laughed, and I cried. If you have not read it, read it!
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Summary: Exceptional book
Review: I remembered reading Judy Blume when I was younger, then as an adult I stumbled across Summer Sisters. From the very first page I was swept away into the relationship between these two longtime friends. Blume keeps the story moving, with much emotion but no sappiness. I've read it more than once and each time I start it I can't put it down. For anyone who's ever had a close friend that you love with all your heart, this is a book to read.
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Summary: A Lifetime Movie in a Book
Review: I did not feel that anything connected in "Summer Sisters"
The characters were people I didn't really care about or identify with, no depth, to tell you the truth, no substance.I adore female bonding, relationships, gossip, confiding to one another about our deepest, darkest secrets, but ... nothing happened in "Summer Sisters" that held my interest. I didn't understand why they became friends to begin with, since they had nothing in common. And when they experimented with lesbian sex, calling it "The Power" I thought, is that the only power you have, baby?! Even the sex was bad! "Summer Sisters" is like a "Lifetime" movie that was thrown together at the spur of the moment...This despartely shows. Nothing in this book worked...except when I turned the last page.
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Summary: Judy Blume for Grown Ups
Review: I have read all of Judy Blume's grown-up novels (Wifey and Smart Women) and this is by far the greatest. The turns these women's lives make are captivating. I have read this book several times now and each time I feel like I am spending time with friends. I feel their pain and laugh with them.
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Summary: GREAT BOOK
Review: Wow this book was great. It was given to me by and male friend and I was so shocked that he would read something like this (no he is not gay.) The detail in this book with each character was great I felt like they were my childhood friends. I cried with a couple of chapters wishing I had had a girl friend that was that close to me. Wonderful book after the first read it only took me 1 week to pick it up and read it again....Now that I am thing about it; it is due for another reading.
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Summary: Tears and Laughter-Very True to Life
Review: I highly recommend this book for every girl that grew up in the late 70's and 80's. It touches on every aspect of growing up with a close friend. I read Judy Blume as a child and this is my first "adult" Judy Blume book. I plan to buy Wifey next.
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Summary: Better off for another story...
Review: I've heard many great comments about this book. However, I was deceived by it. I had read it over the summer telling myself this would be fun to read a "great" summer teenage book over the summer! It was not the case. Not saying it was bad, but I expected more from Judy Blume. She is an incredible, talented writer who wrote some excellent books, but this time it wasn't as great. Summer Sisters' main characters are Vix and Caitlin. These main characters in the beginning were well presented and were described very well as if we knew them, as if they were our friends. But as the story was getting more detailed and many characters were starting to get included, every character shares their thoughts with us. So, it made it a bit complicated to understand. Also, the characters were switching a lot between themselves, so we had to know which one gave their opinion about something. While reading, the book started getting a bit boring. I tried making efforts to continue, seeing if it might change. Instead, it was getting less exciting, and weren't many surprises concerning events in the novel. Nevertheless, I LOVE teenage stories, and stories that deal with teenagers going through the hardest stage of life: becoming an adult. Though Summer Sisters wasn't the way I thought it would be written. So, I did not finish reading it because I wasn't intrigued to it. To sum up, I think out of all the books in the world relating to this type of story, I could have found better. But still, others may have different opinions about this book. Some might love these kinds of situations, while others like me, wouldn't like it at all.
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