Helpful Score: 2
I did not care for this book. I didn't attach to the story line or the central two female characters. It is very rare for me to say this, but I couldn't bring myself to read the end of the book.
I love the Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants series and wanted to read more by the author, but the style, tone, and content of the book was so different from the other series, I just couldn't get into it. I also need to clarify that I am a Lit major, so I am used to reading a breadth of books from authors, knowing that they will obviously have different reasons for different pieces of literature. This book: not so much.
Also AND REALLY IMPORTANT: If you have a child with a chronic disease, this may not be a good read for you AT ALL. One of the sisters has a congenital heart defect and (spoiler) she dies from it. My daughter was preparing for and undergoing one of her several open-heart surgeries when I was reading this book and it was completely inappropriate reading for me at the time. I had to go back and try it again later (still hating it...) just to make sure I was being fair. I wouldn't even leave it at the Ronald McDonald House for fear that another family with a very sick child would start reading it.
I would not recommend this book at all.
I love the Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants series and wanted to read more by the author, but the style, tone, and content of the book was so different from the other series, I just couldn't get into it. I also need to clarify that I am a Lit major, so I am used to reading a breadth of books from authors, knowing that they will obviously have different reasons for different pieces of literature. This book: not so much.
Also AND REALLY IMPORTANT: If you have a child with a chronic disease, this may not be a good read for you AT ALL. One of the sisters has a congenital heart defect and (spoiler) she dies from it. My daughter was preparing for and undergoing one of her several open-heart surgeries when I was reading this book and it was completely inappropriate reading for me at the time. I had to go back and try it again later (still hating it...) just to make sure I was being fair. I wouldn't even leave it at the Ronald McDonald House for fear that another family with a very sick child would start reading it.
I would not recommend this book at all.
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