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Summary: Excellent summer read
Review: Someone gave me a copy of this book,and when I first looked at it I thought it was going to be corny,but I was REALLY wrong!! This is one of the best books I have ever read,and one I could read again,and again. It is the perfect book for summer. If you really like trashy romance novels, you will love this book! I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a really good summer read!!
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Summary: AWESOME!
Review: I haven't read a book in a long time and a week ago I picked this up and LOVED it so much. I read it in just a few days even though i usually can't make time to read. The ending was great and left me wanting more. I strongly suggest this book to everyone!
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Summary: ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS EVER!
Review: THIS BOOK WAS ONE OF THE BEST I HAVE EVER READ! IT USUALLY TAKES ME A WHILE TO GET THROUGH A BOOK, BUT I READ THIS IN NO TIME I WOULD DEFINETLY RECOMMEND IT TO ANY GIRL OVER THE AGE OF 15, ITS VERY TRUE TO LIFE. YOU FEEL AS IF YOU BECOME ONE OF THE "SUMMER SISTERS" AND BY THE TIME YOU ARE FINISHED WITH THE BOOK, YOUR SAD BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT IT ALL TO END. THE ONLY THINK I DIDN'T LIKE ABOUT IT, WAS I WISH THAT IT WAS A BIT LONGER SO THERE COULD BE MORE DETAIL DURING EACH YEAR. I GOT A LITTLE LOST DURING THE COLLEGE YEARS, BUT OVERALL, I KNOW THAT I WILL BE READING THIS BOOK MANY TIMES MORE IN THE FUTURE
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Summary: Great book, believeable and unforgettable characters
Review: I've read the teenage books by Judy Blume, but this was my first experience with one of her adult books. I enjoyed the format, the writing style, the flashbacks, and the way the characters stepped out of the story to confide to the reader what they were thinking about. The characters seemed like old friends by the end of the story and the open ended conclusion of the book leaves a possibility for Judy to write a sequel about Catlin and Vix should she feel the inclination. Much was said about the character's lives, but much was only implied. We have all known some of the people in this novel and have our own unfulfilled fantasies or completed dreams. Blume has done a great job with her descriptions so that we could not only visualize the scenes, but could also hear, touch and smell the experiences. I like to picture the framed photograph of the two twelve year olds in Catlin's redone room on the island. I went back and reread parts of the book after the initial read as I found myself asking if there was foreshadowing earlier in the book for some of the things that happened later. Some of it was implied, and some of it was stated. Definately a book and a group of characters I will think about for a long time to come.
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Summary: Friends Forever
Review: Two very different girls, Caitlin living a life of privilege and luxury, and Victoria (Vix) a girl who lives in a dysfunctional poor family, become friends and spend their summers together at Caitlin's father's home in Martha's Vineyard. Here the girls become "Summer Sisters". Over their adolescent years Vix and Caitlin learn many alessons together such as sexuality, boys, dating, love, and betrayal. A great, quick, exciting, sometimes erotic, read.
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Summary: One of the best books that I have read
Review: Summer Sisters is one of those books that you remember for a lifetime. It's one of the most inspirational books that I have read. Judy Blume takes us all back to our childhood of elementary school days when our personalities were identical to Victoria and Caitlin. This story did not change my life in any way but it did give me a better insight on some issues that every girl deals with. Although it had some detail that the story could have gone without, I think maybe without it the story would not have meant as much. There are those who feel the characters did not have much of a personality but I think their personality and feelings toward issues such as: friendships, sex, boys, relationships and all of the struggles that come with it is what made the book what it is. Some may see this book as a disgrace for society, but in reality it is just a novel that teaches the mature audience what some parents would never tell their children. Without a doubt Summer Sisters will be kept on the shelf for years to come as an all time favorite for my children to read and their children. I would recommend this to all young women from the ages 16 and older.
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Summary: whOa!
Review: Summer Sisters, is not only inspirational, but also a book that every girl, women, teen, can relate to. I first read this book when I was actually in the 7th grade, and I feel instantly in love with it. I felt that this book really takes you onto a journey through your childhood AND the future that you are about to experience. Everyone of us, at one point in time, played the role of Victoria... idolizing a girl such as Caitlin Sommers. Beautiful, enchanting, spontaneous... the envy of every female. Judy Blume, does an amazing job letting each and every one of the readers live vicariously through Vix, Caitlin... any of the characters in the book. Since the 7th grade, I think I have read this book about five to six times, and to my surprise, every single time I read this book, not only do I refuse to set the book aside, but I learn something new about myself.. about life. This is a simple book about two girl's friendship, but yet it is so much more...
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Summary: Far from shallow: absolutely wonderful
Review: Alice Merchant, June 2001, no! Shallow? I'm disheartened to read such a review. I guess the book is just so special to me. I didn't read it until a few years ago when I got it out of the library on an impulse. It's remained in my head ever since. (I've bought copies for all of my friends as well) I'm no literary fool...i've read everything, I read a book a week, three books a week sometimes...I've read classics and horror and pure literature. I've read Pulitzer Prize winning novels, romance novels...and nothing comes close to how wonderful and charming "Summer Sisters" is. It's not a "PC" book, or a book about a breakthrough, or abuse or magic or a mid-life crisis. It's about thirteen summers, two amazing women and amazing friends and family who leap off the page. Read it...you might not adore it as much as I do, but you'll be glad you read it. Recommended to young women 15-25, 35-60!
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Summary: Blume in Adulthood
Review: As someone who enjoyed Judy Blume's books growing up, I also felt until recently that her writing would never appeal to me now. I picked up this book at the airport out of desperation, a flight delay followed by four hours in the sky awaiting me, with slim-pickings at the terminal bookstore. It really captured me - the references, music & styles of my teen & pre-teen years - and reminded me of who I was then & the things I've gone through in my life. A fun & quick diversion, perfect for the plane, beach and as an entertaining before-bed read.
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Summary: Seemingly Simple... But Not! A Story of Deep Friendship.
Review: This book started off as a simple 'beach book' romance type for me. However, as I read I realized it was following my own 'junior high' school life. The music and style reflected in the book took me back in time; and that is what kept me reading. I really felt this story ; this time in life. Two friends of very different backgrounds spend many summers together on Martha's Vinyard. They are from New Mexico ... a very different world. Caitlin who lives with her divorced Mom in NM meets Vix, the oldest of a hard-working blue collar family. Caitin invites Vix to the shore for the summer; Vix's parents, reluctanctly agree. The 'summer sisters' continue their summer world together for years to come. This is the beginning and crux of this novel. These two young women sharing their adolescence, their young adulthood, their struggles and their accomplished adulthood... all the while maintaining their childhood bond. A story that makes one think of their own ties.... ties that forever live ... regardless of lifes turning points.
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