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A review by tmadryga
Sisterhood Everlasting by Ann Brashares
3.0
I went in this book already knowing what happened to Tibby, which may or may not have affected my opinion. I actually didn't start enjoying the book until at least a third of the way through. I had been excited at first to start this, knowing that I am currently the same age that the girls were in this book, so I thought I might be able to relate to at least one of them. Unfortunately, I couldn't relate to any of them. Out of four almost-thirty year olds, I find it surprising that not one of them had their life together (well, I suppose Tibby arguably did, but she had a completely different issue). I guess this is a case of women holding too tightly on to their childhood friendship that they weren't really growing up. However, I loved Tibby's role in the story and how she basically helped her friends get their lives back together. I loved Bridget's journey to Australia and how that affected her. I loved the turn of events in Carmen's life on her train trip--there's just something cathartic about train trips that can really change one's life. The only plot I didn't end up loving anything about in the end was Lena's.
Editing to add some other thoughts:
I hate that all of the girls (don't feel I can really call them women because they don't act like it) have "glamorous" jobs like actress or film maker(?) or artist (or not really have a job, in the case of Bridget) and their boyfriends are all extremely successful and are basically there to take care of them financially (Kostos as a super successful businessman, Eric as a lawyer, Brian as very successful in his company, Jones as a successful TV executive). None of these girls can support themselves on their own. Carmen theoretically may have enough money now due to her TV role, but she never would have gotten it without Jones. Lena is trying to make it on her own most of the book, but clearly isn't making enough money to support herself beyond the absolute basics. These girls are almost 30 and the story takes place in the 21st century! I would have loved for one of the girls, maybe Bee, to have a "regular" job and be successful on her own, and independent.
I still don't get Eric and Bee together. Their relationship should have been over with the first book. I don't see Lena and Kostos actually ending up together in real life. How was she still not over him after more than 10 years? Granted, she seems to latch on to things because she still hadn't forgiven Effie for losing the pants...ten years later...and they were really just pants! The only relationship I believed would truly last was Brian/Tibby.
The "Bee is pregnant" plot seemed a little unnecessary and thankfully was mostly forgotten once she went to Australia.
Finally, why don't they have friends? If they really had drifted/grown apart so much recently, surely they have other people they spend time with. What about friends from college?
Once I got past these irritating points of the book, I did enjoy aspects of it, as mentioned above. However, as a whole, it did not live up to its potential of what the story could have been.
Editing to add some other thoughts:
I hate that all of the girls (don't feel I can really call them women because they don't act like it) have "glamorous" jobs like actress or film maker(?) or artist (or not really have a job, in the case of Bridget) and their boyfriends are all extremely successful and are basically there to take care of them financially (Kostos as a super successful businessman, Eric as a lawyer, Brian as very successful in his company, Jones as a successful TV executive). None of these girls can support themselves on their own. Carmen theoretically may have enough money now due to her TV role, but she never would have gotten it without Jones. Lena is trying to make it on her own most of the book, but clearly isn't making enough money to support herself beyond the absolute basics. These girls are almost 30 and the story takes place in the 21st century! I would have loved for one of the girls, maybe Bee, to have a "regular" job and be successful on her own, and independent.
I still don't get Eric and Bee together. Their relationship should have been over with the first book. I don't see Lena and Kostos actually ending up together in real life. How was she still not over him after more than 10 years? Granted, she seems to latch on to things because she still hadn't forgiven Effie for losing the pants...ten years later...and they were really just pants! The only relationship I believed would truly last was Brian/Tibby.
The "Bee is pregnant" plot seemed a little unnecessary and thankfully was mostly forgotten once she went to Australia.
Finally, why don't they have friends? If they really had drifted/grown apart so much recently, surely they have other people they spend time with. What about friends from college?
Once I got past these irritating points of the book, I did enjoy aspects of it, as mentioned above. However, as a whole, it did not live up to its potential of what the story could have been.