The book club on Saturday August 15th, met and discussed Ann Brashares' book "The Last Summer (Of You & Me)." The consensus seemed to be that the book was well written, and liked, but it was on the teeter of non-believable for some.
It was said that the mid 20's girls, didn't act the way the girls one reader knew. True. Some don't, but I felt that the characters were all too familar, and that they were realistic. Girls growing up with no parental supervision, and having the money thrown at them, would deffinately act that way.
The writer of "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" series, did ok for her first go round with an adult book. The young adult books are percieved well in the literary world, but do have that ho-hum suspend reality of disbielf, sort of what "Summer" had.
I believe that the club enjoyed the book as a whole, but a few things were bothersome for them, such as another book dealing with death; the little unrealistic parts; the book themes as well. I do think that all in all, we enjoyed reading the book.
*** OUT OF 5
No comments:
Post a Comment