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After reading the previous 3 books in the series, that were pretty mediocre, this is the best in the series. The book is brought to an appropriate close for each of the girls and even for the pants. a pleasurable read.
It never did before.Lena: Was completely a shocker to me. I found it unrealistic that one sad year in college would change Carmen from a lion to a field mouse, I though her personality was much stronger than that. I'll save the details but why would khaki skirted Lena become a nude model and be intimate with a man she barely even knew when she couldn't even get to that point with Kostos who she loved. In fairness, she did come back in the end, but it felt a little too late. was stupid. Shouldn't it make her want him more.Tibby: She was in character and her storyline was probably the most interesting to me. If not he seemed far to clingy and when Tibby dumped him I wanted her to stick by the decision.
She's been dating Brian for over a year now and decides to take their relationship to a physically intimate level. Why would she break it off if she was lonely. Okay. The girls didn't really even feel like close friends anymore.
I loved the first three books in the Sisterhood series but I felt like this one fell a bit.flat.Carmen: Totally out of character, which is sad because she was always strong and funny before. I also didn't like that the way Tibby realized she wanted him back was by getting jealous after seeing him with Lena's sister. Shallow much.Bridget: Was also fairly in character but I thought her chasing after another man in Turkey (why did she up and decide to go to Turkey anyway). She had worked so hard and pined so long for Eric I didn't really believe that a few months apart would make her love him any less. The part of this storyline I was dissapointed in was Brian. I'd much rather she at least had her little fling with him.The book was still cute and enjoyable but didn't have the charm of the former books. I also missed Win. And where was Paul.
Perfectly realistic. Tibby notes that he was pushing sex on her for a lot of their relationship even though she didn't appear to be ready and the fact that he travels every weekend hours on end just to see her made me wonder if he wasn't more interested in getting lucky than seeing her. He wasn't even mentioned in the book. I wish Brashares had another book to redeem the characters but alas, she doesn't.
I agree with the other reviews. The fourth intallment was disappointing to say the least. The plot was entirely too mature for the age group who read these books the most.
I enjoyed the book completely. However, a bit explicit for my 12 year old daughter. And after she read the first 3 books, I allowed her to read this one, too - but with some discussions about how the girls in the book are in college, a lot older than she is and able to make more mature decisions about their own sexuality than she is now or will be for many years.Bottom line - a great book and conclusion to the "Traveling Pants" series.
I enjoyed all of these books. Don't read this one though unless you read the other 3 first. This wasn't my favorite one, but I was still sad when it was over.
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