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3.66 AVERAGE
3.66 AVERAGE
I adore Babysitters Club, but I felt like it was more of a case of Mean Claudia rather than Janine. Luckily, the author led Claudia to the conclusion of how unkindly she was treating her sister. As a misunderstood genius like Janine, I empathized with her plight rather than siding with Claudia's indignation. I didn't care for the sibling bickering and the grandmother's stroke upset me, but I suppose whenever books get too real they cut deeper than they should for me. I prefer my fiction to be lofty and separate from my problems and get freaked out when they slightly boomerang back to me, even in small ways.
This was a fine addition to the series and I'm glad Claudia could see that she was part of the problem and apologized to her sister. I'm gonna lose it if I ever get to Claudia's Hard(?) Goodbye with the passing of her grandmother. Don't do this to me thirty years past publication, Ann M. Martin! Claudia Kishi wouldn't stand for this!
This was a fine addition to the series and I'm glad Claudia could see that she was part of the problem and apologized to her sister. I'm gonna lose it if I ever get to Claudia's Hard(?) Goodbye with the passing of her grandmother. Don't do this to me thirty years past publication, Ann M. Martin! Claudia Kishi wouldn't stand for this!
emotional
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
son lindos y todo, y hablan de cosas importantes pero no son mi tipo de libros/novelas grafica asi que el cuarto sera el ultimo que lea
The one where Claudia's grandma Mimi has a stroke and I'm forced to drag out my aphasia textbooks to figure out what kind of therapy her SLP is using and then determine that Mary Anne is basically attempting to use constraint-induced language therapy on this poor lady.
emotional
fast-paced
There are some really great moments with Mimi in this book, and the more Mimi, the better. This would also be a really great book for kids who are having trouble with sibling relationships and comparison problems.
Janine wasn’t in it much for it to be about her being mean.
I like the voice of the narrator, except when she does Stacey’s voice. Too valley girl for a New Yorker.
I love Mimi though. I really felt for her when she was learning to speak and write again after her stroke.
And I loved the part with the BSC day camp.
I like the voice of the narrator, except when she does Stacey’s voice. Too valley girl for a New Yorker.
I love Mimi though. I really felt for her when she was learning to speak and write again after her stroke.
And I loved the part with the BSC day camp.
More like bitchy Claudia and dull Janine. Nerds don't need to be boring, you guys. Our socially inept. Some of us are quite capable of holding conversations with others. That being said, I always did identify a bit with Janine, because I always used my vocabulary and other kids used to tell me that I talked like a computer. I seen to recall that no advancement is ever made in this sisterly relationship. Oh and Mimi has a stroke. So sad.
It's funny how age changes your perspective on things. I'm sure when I read this as a kid I sided with Claudia. After being a little sister myself (although I have a brother not a sister) I often was reduced to being Chris's sister which was either good or bad depending on where I was. I thought he was mean, he probably thought I was a pain in the ass. But now as a wizened old lady I see things a lot different. I was Janine all along. Living in the shadow of an outgoing, popular, adventurous sibling, while all I wanted to do was stay home and read my book. I failed to see any time where Janine was mean in this book. Claudia however was nasty to her sister. So let's dive in shall we? The book starts shortly after the wedding inn the previous book. After the relative success of their large baby sitting job the girls decide to run a morning play group. The usual hijinks ensue, Karen is the worst as always. I can't believe I ever liked her. Jenny Prezzios is insufferable in her fancy clothes, she doesn't like Karen so that's a positive at least. Poor Louie is forced to have a bath before the big move which is funny and very messy but again I'm glad I don't have kids. Claudia and her family are about to face huge changes. Mimi suffers a stroke and is forced to learn everything again and this is where some of the conflict with Janine comes in. It seems she's not helping much around the house. Of course Claudia never asks her to help and their parents seem to think she should be focused on her studies. It all comes to head at last and Janine puts Claudia in her place and they reach an understanding. I was kind of sad that there weren't many nostalgia moments except maybe that the kids didn't have their heads buried in iPods and tablets. I didn't remember much about this story either. Some of it came back to me not a lot. Maybe I repressed it because of how horrible Claudia was, making the title misleading. Poor Janine, I hope her sister treats her better now. The book ends with the set up for book eight with Stacey and Mary Anne heading to See City.
4 stars. I remember not liking Janine as a child but reading these books as an adult, I like her and appreciate her character a lot more. She's very misunderstood. There wasn't that much emphasis on her and Claudia's relationship except for at the beginning and at the end, everything else was about Mimi which I didn't mind at all. It was all really well done and I think Martin handled Mimi's illness with as much tenderness and honesty that she could for kids. Great read.