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readsewknit's review against another edition
4.0
Last month I read the first couple books in this series. I'm continuing on, as it's a pleasant break from other heavier works I might find myself tackling.
This book had the sisters in two locations while their father and stepmother take their honeymoon - Rosalind, the oldest, was invited to vacation with her best friend's family. Other than at the bookends of the story, she doesn't appear for any significant length. The story centers on the three younger sisters' adventures in Maine for a couple weeks with their aunt. Skye is thrust into the OAP role (oldest acting Penderwick), and we watch her struggle with the role, as she's convinced she will be a huge failure, but as we all suspect, she rises to the occasion.
Their good friend from the first book, Jeffrey, joins them for the time, and there's a big plot point that involves him, quite a convenient revelation, nothing of the sort that tends to happen in real life. That doesn't detract from the story, but as an adult reading a book aimed for a younger audience, I found myself not completely buying into how smoothly it unrolled. All the same, I plan on reading the fourth book to conclude the series.
This book had the sisters in two locations while their father and stepmother take their honeymoon - Rosalind, the oldest, was invited to vacation with her best friend's family. Other than at the bookends of the story, she doesn't appear for any significant length. The story centers on the three younger sisters' adventures in Maine for a couple weeks with their aunt. Skye is thrust into the OAP role (oldest acting Penderwick), and we watch her struggle with the role, as she's convinced she will be a huge failure, but as we all suspect, she rises to the occasion.
Their good friend from the first book, Jeffrey, joins them for the time, and there's a big plot point that involves him, quite a convenient revelation, nothing of the sort that tends to happen in real life. That doesn't detract from the story, but as an adult reading a book aimed for a younger audience, I found myself not completely buying into how smoothly it unrolled. All the same, I plan on reading the fourth book to conclude the series.
woomom's review against another edition
4.0
The Penderwick family is split up for vacations: a honeymoon for Dad and Iantha, Rosalind hanging out with friends in New Jersey, and the rest of the crew in Maine. But this book mostly centers around Jeffery.
Still filled with typical Penderwick antics and heartwarming incidents, but I didn’t love having the family split up. It somehow lost a little bit of magic.
Still filled with typical Penderwick antics and heartwarming incidents, but I didn’t love having the family split up. It somehow lost a little bit of magic.
stellarae2000's review against another edition
5.0
Another beautiful story! The Penderwicks are such good books and the changing configurations of family members in the books keeps them new and exciting. It was fun to see Skye as the OAP and to meet the new characters on Point Mouette. I love that Jeffrey is a major character in this book after being mostly absent in the previous one. His story is so exciting and is a wonderful addition to the expanding Penderwicks friends and family.
jrsouthwick's review against another edition
5.0
Another awesome addition to the series! I love those sweet Penderwick sisters and their adventures. I can't wait for the series to be continued!
librariandest's review against another edition
3.0
I don't much like the audiobook narrator of the Penderwick series, and that might have something to do with my not much liking the stories, either. I think I'll actually book-read the 2nd in the series and see if that makes a difference, but once you have a narrator's voice in your head, it's hard to get rid of it. Susan Denaker, you may have ruined these books for me forever. You make Batty sound like a baby, even though she's five. You make Jeffrey sound like a cardboard cutout boyscout. You make Jane sound daft. The only character you do well is Skye, and so Skye is the only character I really root for. As I said in my review of Penderwicks #1, you somehow make a precious, twee sort of story even more precious and twee with your old-fashioned lady voice. What this series needs is a narrator who will even out the sweetness, not one who dumps her own pound of saccharine into the mix.
Jeanne Birdsall, you are a good writer, but I don't think I can forgive the giant, unbelievable coincidence on which a great deal of this story hinges. I did, though, like the part about Batty blowing up.
Jeanne Birdsall, you are a good writer, but I don't think I can forgive the giant, unbelievable coincidence on which a great deal of this story hinges.
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I expected Jeffrey to meet his father somehow eventually, but I didn't expect the Lost Dad to randomly turn up as the Penderwick's neighbor at Point Mouette. Highly unlikely. Completely improbable. Ridiculously unbelievable.amalies's review against another edition
4.0
I love that each book seems to have it's own location to characterize each book. At point mouette the penderwick sisters take a journey with their aunt, without their parents or older sister and it turns out to be a fine adventure full of stress, injuries, tears, shocks can change a persons entire future and the maturity of Skye Penderwick. This book is a darling book and I can't wait to read it again when I read it aloud to my daughter this next summer.
jillccox's review against another edition
5.0
The third installment in a modern classic. Humorous and heart-warming with delightful characters. It’s a family favorite!
clairedrown's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
inomeo's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
shicklin's review against another edition
4.0
I beat Eli to this one, so I did not have his perspective as I read it, which I did kind of miss. But we had a pretty interesting discussion about the characters. At first he said he identified the most with Skye, but then when I reminded him that she is mathematical minded, enjoys soccer and likes to clean, while Jane is more free-spirited and romantic, and likes to write...He quickly jumped ship to relating to Jane. I like that this is something he had been pondering on his own. I think Skye is witty and maybe the quickest to become angry, and that is what he identified with in her character, but Jane is a better fit. I continue to enjoy the classic feeling of these books.