Amanda (RockStarGirl) reviewed Sisterhood Everlasting (Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Bk 5) on + 329 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
This book was well-written, but it was just so sad. It felt as though none of the characters were happy with their lives. One of them appeared to be clinically depressed. I appreciate what I *think* was the author's intent.....showing that growing up is hard and confusing, and that friends grow apart, in spite of it all. While the book ended on a somewhat happier note, I was just left feeling let down.
Kristin D. (kdurham2813) reviewed Sisterhood Everlasting (Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Bk 5) on + 753 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
As a fan of the series - The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants, although I was just beyond the usual age group, I was ecstatic to hear another book would be coming to finish the series. What a finish.
As excited as I was to read this book, the timing at which I picked it up was less than ideal. A book that I took along with me on my Nookster as I headed out of town for my grandmother's funeral. As a spoiler to the plot line for this book - one of the girls will die, but I will keep you guessing as to which character we have to say goodbye to. In this book, as many have said the tone is different because they have to deal with the death of a close friend, who is more like a sister. A somber tone to my already somber week, wasn't the greatest decision.
But in the same breath, I appareciated reading it where because as you revisit the girls in a new place in their lives, they are each battling with life decisions and just at the same age as I am now. It was refreshing to meet the girls who I had met awhile ago and see them at the same point in the road that I am at.
I loved this ending to the series. Although with a more mellow note than the rest of the books, the endeavors they shared fit with their childhood shells and as an adult I felt that their journeys were complete.
As excited as I was to read this book, the timing at which I picked it up was less than ideal. A book that I took along with me on my Nookster as I headed out of town for my grandmother's funeral. As a spoiler to the plot line for this book - one of the girls will die, but I will keep you guessing as to which character we have to say goodbye to. In this book, as many have said the tone is different because they have to deal with the death of a close friend, who is more like a sister. A somber tone to my already somber week, wasn't the greatest decision.
But in the same breath, I appareciated reading it where because as you revisit the girls in a new place in their lives, they are each battling with life decisions and just at the same age as I am now. It was refreshing to meet the girls who I had met awhile ago and see them at the same point in the road that I am at.
I loved this ending to the series. Although with a more mellow note than the rest of the books, the endeavors they shared fit with their childhood shells and as an adult I felt that their journeys were complete.
Barbara S. (barbelaine1) reviewed Sisterhood Everlasting (Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Bk 5) on + 47 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
I absolutely loved this book and learning what happened to my four friends as they grew up. Though sad, the ending was satisfying. A must read for all who have loved The Traveling Pants series.
Denise C. (dscrawford) reviewed Sisterhood Everlasting (Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Bk 5) on + 175 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
4 of 5 stars
"At least I tried."
In this 5th book in the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series, Ann Brashares brings back the characters we knew and loved as they enter their thirties. Four friends ten years later. How has the sisterhood fared - how has life treated them and where are they now?
Although the girls had gone their separate ways and had sort of lost touch with each other, Lena, Carmen and Bee gather in Greece for a reunion arranged by Tibby. What they find there changes their lives forever.
This is a story of enduring friendship and love. Although at times almost maudlin and certainly sentimental, the narrative makes us root for each of the girls to finally find true happiness.
I enjoyed the book and recommend it as a fitting conclusion to the series introduced to the world of young adult readers in 2001. Some have said that this novel is not for that YA market, but I think teens who enjoyed the other 4 books (and movies) will want to follow this sisterhood of best friends into adulthood.
"At least I tried."
In this 5th book in the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series, Ann Brashares brings back the characters we knew and loved as they enter their thirties. Four friends ten years later. How has the sisterhood fared - how has life treated them and where are they now?
Although the girls had gone their separate ways and had sort of lost touch with each other, Lena, Carmen and Bee gather in Greece for a reunion arranged by Tibby. What they find there changes their lives forever.
This is a story of enduring friendship and love. Although at times almost maudlin and certainly sentimental, the narrative makes us root for each of the girls to finally find true happiness.
I enjoyed the book and recommend it as a fitting conclusion to the series introduced to the world of young adult readers in 2001. Some have said that this novel is not for that YA market, but I think teens who enjoyed the other 4 books (and movies) will want to follow this sisterhood of best friends into adulthood.
