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3.75 AVERAGE
3.75 AVERAGE
I remember liking this okay. I don’t remember reading the second one. I didn’t ever have any friends so reading about friend groups always made me sad. I was more of a solo protagonist or family dynamic kind of reader. I also don’t remember how the soccer romance was handled in the book but I fully stopped the movie over it due to my own trauma. I know these topics can be handled properly and I hope it was but I will probably not be rereading this even though I very very very much remember reading about Lena in Greece. Omg. That was my dream growing up. Going to Europe and literally falling in love with someone I shouldn’t? YES PLEASE. And then the fat out of place stepkid thrown into a perfect family for the summer… that one really really really hit home. I don’t remember the other two very much but honestly I think if I just skip all of the soccer camp stuff I could really enjoy this book.
Please let me know if the man in the book handles her properly bc it was so uncomfortable in the movie.
Please let me know if the man in the book handles her properly bc it was so uncomfortable in the movie.
" Lena, Bridget, Tibby, and Carmen have been friends since before they were born. One day Tibby picked up the traveling pants from Carmen's dresser and asked if she wanted them. Soon they found, that even though they all wore different sizes, the pants fit them all perfectly. Before they go their seperate ways for the summer, the four vow to share the pants and send them on to the next person when they are finished. They write up a set of rules, and their adventures begin.
Bridget goes to an athlete camp, where she easily gains the popularity of the girls she stays with... however, she's more worried about what Eric thinks of her, the handsome too-old coach who can't stop himself from falling for Bridget. But Bridget was counting on just how deep of trouble she was getting herself into before it was too late. Tibby, who works at Wallman's drug store, meets Bailey, a young girl who had been struggling most of her life against cancer. Bailey shows Tibby that not everyone is how they appear on the outside, but the closer the two become, the closer comes a relapse of cancer that Bailey won't survive.
Carmen visits her father, but she wasn't counting on him having a whole new family, which was exactly what happened. As she tries to fit in with this perfect life she doesn't belong in, she loses patience and runs away, feeling upset because she isn't enough for her father anymore. Lena, who is staying with her grandparents, meets the irresistable Kostos, and even cold Lena can't ignore him. After he walks in on her swimming naked in a pond, she makes a wrong assumption and almost ruins anything that might have happens between him, but she gets a second chance. Throughout the summer, the four girls start on the path to finding who they are, although they hit quite a few bumps and snags on the way."
Bridget goes to an athlete camp, where she easily gains the popularity of the girls she stays with... however, she's more worried about what Eric thinks of her, the handsome too-old coach who can't stop himself from falling for Bridget. But Bridget was counting on just how deep of trouble she was getting herself into before it was too late. Tibby, who works at Wallman's drug store, meets Bailey, a young girl who had been struggling most of her life against cancer. Bailey shows Tibby that not everyone is how they appear on the outside, but the closer the two become, the closer comes a relapse of cancer that Bailey won't survive.
Carmen visits her father, but she wasn't counting on him having a whole new family, which was exactly what happened. As she tries to fit in with this perfect life she doesn't belong in, she loses patience and runs away, feeling upset because she isn't enough for her father anymore. Lena, who is staying with her grandparents, meets the irresistable Kostos, and even cold Lena can't ignore him. After he walks in on her swimming naked in a pond, she makes a wrong assumption and almost ruins anything that might have happens between him, but she gets a second chance. Throughout the summer, the four girls start on the path to finding who they are, although they hit quite a few bumps and snags on the way."
emotional
funny
hopeful
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body shaming, Cancer, Fatphobia
Very sweet and charming book. I wish I had read this when I was a teenager.
This was a fun and entertaining read for young girls.
Four teenage girls who have been friends since before birth (their mothers shared a pregnancy class) are about to spend their first summer completely separated, each heading off to private adventures that have them excited and a little nervous about voyaging on their own. A couple are more nervous that the separation will prove to be a splintering, fracturing the friendship forever. While shopping in a second-hand store, Carmen comes across a pair of old jeans that seem to magically fit them all in spite of their different heights and builds, and it is from this that The Sisterhood is born. Along with the jeans goes a set of rules that essentially ensures the group remain in communication, tight knit, and ready to share their stories when reunited again at the start of fall. The lessons learned and heartbreaks and triumphs to come will be burdens carried by all eventually, but until their reunion, one pair of jeans will serve as witness to everything.
This is a story about that period in life when it feels like everything is changing: your friends, yourself, your perspective and world view; the world seems tiny and huge and beautiful and mean all at once and the prospect of what is coming around the corner is so terrifying and exhilarating, one isn't sure if it's better to run toward it or away from it. It's about the relationships that are broken through those times, and the ones that endure, and how its not always easy to tell which are which in the moment. It's a pretty easy book in terms of pace and readability, and produces some nostalgia in me. I enjoyed the summer break with these young ladies and I'm looking forward to seeing how the transitions play out in the other books in the series.
This is a story about that period in life when it feels like everything is changing: your friends, yourself, your perspective and world view; the world seems tiny and huge and beautiful and mean all at once and the prospect of what is coming around the corner is so terrifying and exhilarating, one isn't sure if it's better to run toward it or away from it. It's about the relationships that are broken through those times, and the ones that endure, and how its not always easy to tell which are which in the moment. It's a pretty easy book in terms of pace and readability, and produces some nostalgia in me. I enjoyed the summer break with these young ladies and I'm looking forward to seeing how the transitions play out in the other books in the series.
I'm not sure if this is the last book in the series, but I think Brashares did a great job of bringing the story to a close. I teared up a lot at the end, because it reminded me of the bobbers, who, like the pants girls, are almost never all together these days.
It gives nostalgic 2000’s childhood vibes. Sooo good!