Comments on: Tragedy of the traveling pants—no spoilers

By: Elissa

Elissa — Fri, 18 May 2012 18:59:45 +0000

Library Ann, I don’t have the sense that you need to read all the previous books before reading this one. I’ve done a combination of reading, skimming, and movie-version-watching of the series and didn’t have any problem being up to speed with the ladies’ lives. Though maybe if I’d read all the previous books carefully and “grown up” with the girls, I wouldn’t feel such ambivalence about reading this book. Though then again, a connection with the girls is part of what’s stopping me from keeping going with this one, if that makes any sense.

By: Jess

Jess — Fri, 18 May 2012 18:38:08 +0000

I was glad I read it, although it wasn’t quite what I’d hoped for in terms of what happens to the characters. But my version wouldn’t have made for as much drama, now would it? I felt like it should have been a tearjerker, but it didn’t leave me sobbing. I’d say it’s worth finishing.

By: Liberry Ann

Liberry Ann — Thu, 17 May 2012 21:28:19 +0000

Do I need to have read all the travelling pants sequels before reading this?

By: Meaghan

Meaghan — Thu, 17 May 2012 17:40:16 +0000

It was really good! Try again!

By: Elissa Gershowitz

Elissa Gershowitz — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:26:52 +0000

Speaking of growing pains… who saw Lena-slash-Rory as a sad sexpot on Mad Men?

By: Mary

Mary — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:19:07 +0000

I will follow Ann Brashares into anything she does (‘My Name is Memory” is incredible!!), but I, too, was disappointed by how SAD this book is. Also, as a 28-year-old woman myself, I was really waiting for them all to grow up and get it together. I don’t think the kind of angst they go through in this book is really typical of the young professional experience–it was a little exasperating! BUT–the closure is nice to have, even if it did come about as a kind of deus ex machina. At the very least, the book goes quickly, so finish it if you have a free Saturday! But maybe don’t give it to your daughters as a case study for how to grow up.

By: Mya

Mya — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:15:06 +0000

I too was shocked at the part you mention! I kept thinking it would get better but no, sad, sad, sad stuff. I think I went through a couple boxes of tissue in order to get to the end. It just felt so different from the other books that I kind of hated that was the way the series ended. I had to finish it because I really did want to find out what happened. Just be prepared if you do pick it up again it doesn’t get any happier.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:10:17 +0000

I read this and hated it too. I persevered with hopes that it would get better–it didn’t.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:02:09 +0000

I read it and hated it. And it really doesn’t get any happier.

By: Jenna

Jenna — Wed, 16 May 2012 18:59:37 +0000

I read it and I loved it. It is a tear-jerker, most definitely, but it’s also more than that. It’s not just a book that makes you cry, it’s a book that makes you feel. (Meaning, it’s not a tearjerker just for the sake of it.) If you want to see how these girls (er, women) navigate their lives as adults (and there are some more surprises) – definitely check it out again. If I were you, I wouldn’t want to leave them where you left them!