Holly P. (MichiganderHolly) reviewed 3 Willows: The Sisterhood Grows (Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Bk 5) on + 6 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Brashares decided to branch out from Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and create a new sisterhood of sorts. This sisterhood only has three members Ama, Polly and Jo. In this book Ama, the braniac of the bunch, is awarded a scholarship to attend a program at one of the local universities over the summer but to her horror is assigned to go to a wilderness camp. Polly decides she wants to be a model (even though she is not the model type) and Jo decides to stay with her mom on the beach and takes a job at a local beach café after her mom and dad split up. While there she meets and older boy and has to vie for his affections after his old flame (Effie, younger sister of Lena from the SOTP series) shows up to work there again.
I was a little concerned that when I started reading this that the author would have basically the same characters as the original sisterhood but have given them all different names. I was pleasantly surprised because the characters of this new sisterhood stood on their own and didnt remind me of the original girls at all. Im not sure if I liked the character names though. When I read Ama in my mind I kept seeing Anna. I like the individual story lines of each of the girls and I think the author did a good job of showing how people who grow know each other for most of their lives can still reach that point where they grow apart a little bit. I know I have friendships like that-still friends but we all went our individual ways.
I think the only thing I didnt like was the cameos from some of the SOTP characters, namely Effie. I didnt like her in the other novels and I didnt like her in this one. I can see that the author was maybe trying to do a passing of the torch type thing but I think the book could have stood by itself without bringing the old characters back.
I was a little concerned that when I started reading this that the author would have basically the same characters as the original sisterhood but have given them all different names. I was pleasantly surprised because the characters of this new sisterhood stood on their own and didnt remind me of the original girls at all. Im not sure if I liked the character names though. When I read Ama in my mind I kept seeing Anna. I like the individual story lines of each of the girls and I think the author did a good job of showing how people who grow know each other for most of their lives can still reach that point where they grow apart a little bit. I know I have friendships like that-still friends but we all went our individual ways.
I think the only thing I didnt like was the cameos from some of the SOTP characters, namely Effie. I didnt like her in the other novels and I didnt like her in this one. I can see that the author was maybe trying to do a passing of the torch type thing but I think the book could have stood by itself without bringing the old characters back.
Joan A. (joanie53) reviewed 3 Willows: The Sisterhood Grows (Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Bk 5) on + 28 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
A coming of age book that was very readable and held my interest to the last page wanting more.
Cassandra E. (rainyjane) - , reviewed 3 Willows: The Sisterhood Grows (Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Bk 5) on + 4 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
I thought this made a nice addition to the Sisterhood canon, however, it's definitely intended for the slightly younger reader (11-13) where the Sisterhood was well ensconced in the high school years. The characters are interesting and the story moves well enough. I'd be interested to see what a follow-up to this book contains.
