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3.22 AVERAGE
3.22 AVERAGE
I really liked the Traveling Pants Books, but I was not super impressed by this one. It took me awhile to get into it and I never felt fully connected to the characters, but I did become more engaged with it towards the end.
I liked the Sisterhood books so I decided to pick this up. I really enjoyed this book. It reminds me what true friends go through and how they grow apart sometimes. Yep its a Young Adult book but the story is great.
It was good..but it could not measure up to the Sisterhood Novels. Really, its a good book if you're looking for something short and meaningless(when viewed while your reading it) its a good book. But..if you want something as meaningful and connected as the REAL Sisterhood..then you should just read the Sisterhood..
Let me start by saying that if you're expecting this book to have anything to do with the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants aside from a very minor, tangential plot thread, you're going to be disappointed. You may even be a little angry at Ann Brashares for so clearly selling out. I mean, come on. The Sisterhood is not growing with this book. If anything, the Sisterhood is dying a little inside over the saccharine-sweet plot/themes/characters of its "companion novel".
Still...I didn't hate it. Yes, Brashares threw everything but the kitchen sink at us here (perhaps knowing it was her last hurrah so, what the hell, let's put in every trite and ill-conceived plot point known to man and call it a day). And yes, her delivery was so dumbed down at points that I was offended both on my own behalf and on behalf of the Sisterhood with which this book is associated. For some reason, though, I found myself wanting to wrap my arms around these characters at the end and coo, "There, there now. Everything's ok. You made it through." And I'm not just talking about their problems.
So...meh? But I guess meh is better than pure disgust. I feel like Brashares should be happy with that.
Still...I didn't hate it. Yes, Brashares threw everything but the kitchen sink at us here (perhaps knowing it was her last hurrah so, what the hell, let's put in every trite and ill-conceived plot point known to man and call it a day). And yes, her delivery was so dumbed down at points that I was offended both on my own behalf and on behalf of the Sisterhood with which this book is associated. For some reason, though, I found myself wanting to wrap my arms around these characters at the end and coo, "There, there now. Everything's ok. You made it through." And I'm not just talking about their problems.
So...meh? But I guess meh is better than pure disgust. I feel like Brashares should be happy with that.
Fun, light read, but not great. Sisterhood is way better..even by the fourth book
Listened to it on my ipod. A fun read. Nice to see some familiar characters in a different setting.
A connection to the traveling pants but it’s own storyline for sure.
I really liked certain aspects of the story, and I liked the story overall. I thought the inclusion of characters from the traveling pants book was unnecessary and distracting.
seeds
Polly has an idea that she can't stop thinking about, one that involves changing a few things about herself. She's setting her sights on a more glamorous life, but it's going to take all of her focus. At least that way she won't have to watch her friends moving so far ahead.
roots
Jo is spending the summer at her family's beach house, working as a busgirl and bonding with the older, cooler girls she'll see at high school come September. She didn't count on a brief fling with a cute boy changing her entire summer. Or feeling embarrassed by her middle school friends. And she didn't count on her family at all. . .
leaves
Ama is not an outdoorsy girl. She wanted to be at an academic camp, doing research in an air-conditioned library, earning A's. Instead her summer scholarship lands her on a wilderness trip full of flirting teenagers, blisters, impossible hiking trails, and a sad lack of hair products.
It is a new summer. And a new sisterhood. Come grow with them.
Well it doesn't compare to the "travelling pants" sisterhood but it was an OK read. I liked Ama's story, Polly's was strange in that sometimes I felt I was reading about two entirely different girls with the same name! Jo's was interesting from a family point of view. If this is the start of a new series I won't bother with the rest.
Polly has an idea that she can't stop thinking about, one that involves changing a few things about herself. She's setting her sights on a more glamorous life, but it's going to take all of her focus. At least that way she won't have to watch her friends moving so far ahead.
roots
Jo is spending the summer at her family's beach house, working as a busgirl and bonding with the older, cooler girls she'll see at high school come September. She didn't count on a brief fling with a cute boy changing her entire summer. Or feeling embarrassed by her middle school friends. And she didn't count on her family at all. . .
leaves
Ama is not an outdoorsy girl. She wanted to be at an academic camp, doing research in an air-conditioned library, earning A's. Instead her summer scholarship lands her on a wilderness trip full of flirting teenagers, blisters, impossible hiking trails, and a sad lack of hair products.
It is a new summer. And a new sisterhood. Come grow with them.
Well it doesn't compare to the "travelling pants" sisterhood but it was an OK read. I liked Ama's story, Polly's was strange in that sometimes I felt I was reading about two entirely different girls with the same name! Jo's was interesting from a family point of view. If this is the start of a new series I won't bother with the rest.
I thought I would have enjoyed this more then I actually did. It just was lacking the magic I felt when reading The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants. If anything I spent more time comparing that series to this book then I did actually investing in the characters. It was just so difficult not to compare! With another sisterhood plot it was more like a formula then a new story.