A marshmallow book. Light and (mostly) fluffy. It's nothing groundbreaking, but the writing is good, and I enjoy coming back to it every so often (unlike the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series which seems to have completely lost its magic now that I'm no longer 15).
Brashares is one of those few authors who can really capture the emotion of love and have your stomach twisted up with the intensity of the emotion she portrays.This is a very simple book with a very simple plot. I doubt it's intended to have one thinking after the end. It's very well done and its p...
A story as easy to read as it is to put down and walk away from because when you pick up where you left off it takes no time to catch up.A tale of childhood friends who find life going in a much different direction than what they ever expected, with love and loss hand in hand with new beginnings.
This review is also posted at Ja čitam, a ti? I found this book at the library few days ago and I was so happy about it. I've read Ann's My name is memory book and I really loved it. Unfortunately the same didn't happen with this book. This book was such a cliche! From the title yo...
Honest afterthoughts on "The Last Summer" - it's more about the journey of this novel than the unexpected if you wish to enjoy it. Ann Brashares has a pleasant, breezy writing style, careful to blend an intricate eye to experiences, though I think in "The Last Summer", she does tend to lose hersel...
This book gets three stars. I truly enjoyed most of it, and was genuinely pleased with the ending, but it has a few flaws. I didn't like how you never get a out and out discussion of what really happened between Alice and Paul. We all know what happened, but I think it is important that the chara...
I was intrigued when this book came out. The description that I read said that this was more grown up than the Traveling Pants books. I had loved those books, so I felt that I would enjoy this one. This book was definitely a page turner. Ann brought me back to the days of high school when you crushe...
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