Title: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Series: Yes (The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants)
Author(s): Ann Brashares
Genre: Fiction
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Pages: 294
Summary: Carmen, Bridget (Bee), Tibby, and Lena are getting ready to spend their first summer apart since they have known each other, which is pretty much since birth. Carmen will spend the summer with her father, Lena is heading to Greece to stay with her grandparents, Tibby will stay home and work at Walman’s, and Bee is heading to California for soccer camp. Before the girls part, though, Carmen buys a pair of jeans at a thrift shop, and they magically fit each girl, in spite of their different shapes and sizes. The jeans look amazing on each of them, and so they decide the pants should travel between them throughout the summer.
My Thoughts: Wow. Just wow. I am usually in the in between in many chick flick. I think they are cute but lack any real depth. When my librarian handed me this book and said I had to read it, I threw it in the back of my piles of intense paranormal mysteries that usually consume my time. I am glad I finally came out of my paranormal abyss, to breath the sweet summer writing that flows off these pages. Unlike many novels that contain multiple main characters this book brought together the girls even though they were thousands of miles apart. When I first started the book I expected it to slowly move from girl to girl as the pants were shuffled along but instead it threw together the bits and pieces of their lives, linking them together with letters and phone calls. Every girl was different with a unique writing style, the author managed to give each one their own voice even in third person. The writing alone, makes me want to read more. Ann Brashares not only has a way with words, she has a way of crafting together a beautiful plot line that has both ups and downs. In my opinion, many summery novels lack any down fall or sadness but she perfectly balanced the scales. I've already started on the next one and people have told me they get better as you go along(I'm not sure how). Overall I can't wait to rip through the next one because I love Brashares beautiful writing, realistic plot lines, and realistic characters.
Series: Yes (The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants)
Author(s): Ann Brashares
Genre: Fiction
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Pages: 294
Summary: Carmen, Bridget (Bee), Tibby, and Lena are getting ready to spend their first summer apart since they have known each other, which is pretty much since birth. Carmen will spend the summer with her father, Lena is heading to Greece to stay with her grandparents, Tibby will stay home and work at Walman’s, and Bee is heading to California for soccer camp. Before the girls part, though, Carmen buys a pair of jeans at a thrift shop, and they magically fit each girl, in spite of their different shapes and sizes. The jeans look amazing on each of them, and so they decide the pants should travel between them throughout the summer.
My Thoughts: Wow. Just wow. I am usually in the in between in many chick flick. I think they are cute but lack any real depth. When my librarian handed me this book and said I had to read it, I threw it in the back of my piles of intense paranormal mysteries that usually consume my time. I am glad I finally came out of my paranormal abyss, to breath the sweet summer writing that flows off these pages. Unlike many novels that contain multiple main characters this book brought together the girls even though they were thousands of miles apart. When I first started the book I expected it to slowly move from girl to girl as the pants were shuffled along but instead it threw together the bits and pieces of their lives, linking them together with letters and phone calls. Every girl was different with a unique writing style, the author managed to give each one their own voice even in third person. The writing alone, makes me want to read more. Ann Brashares not only has a way with words, she has a way of crafting together a beautiful plot line that has both ups and downs. In my opinion, many summery novels lack any down fall or sadness but she perfectly balanced the scales. I've already started on the next one and people have told me they get better as you go along(I'm not sure how). Overall I can't wait to rip through the next one because I love Brashares beautiful writing, realistic plot lines, and realistic characters.
Overall Rating: 5/5
One word/phrase sum up: Best Summer Book EVER
