Debo añadir que con el final me gusto un poco mas este segunda parte!, buenísimo si lo hubiera leído de adolescente!.
Me encanta como se valora la amistad, es parte fundamental en nuestras vidas!.

Though this book was enjoyable to read, just like the first one, I found it pretty disappointing. I basically lost all of my respect for Lena, even though I did feel bad for her. Once and Kostos got back together, I was disappointed that all they did was make-out and all Lena wanted from him was sex. I really wanted their relationship to develop further and instead of just having sexual contact with each other, maybe they could have actually had a conversation and caught up over the past few months. Even though Kostos does marry someone else in the end, I felt like Lena and Kostos only had physical attraction, and I miss the relationship they had in the first book. Carmen's story was pretty much the same exact story that she had last book, but with her mom. Listen, Carmen, I get you have a bad temper and I get that you're a turbulent teenager, but seriously? Must you act like you're 3 years old? She just gets on my nerves throughout the story, I don't care how repentant she is in the end, she just comes off as bratty who feels bad about the stuff she does but does them anyway. Tibby's story was my absolute favorite in the last book because it was so full of emotion and beautiful characters and incredible lessons. And this time around, it was really, really boring. The author spent hardly any time on Tibby, and she attempted to make it deep full of life lessons, but kind of failed. It didn't even come close to the Baily/Tibby story in the first book. Now Bee's story was the best story and the only good one in the book. I really came to enjoy Bee's character and I actually wished that Bee's story was focused on more then, say, Lena's or Carmen's. Bee is definitely my favorite in this book.

As for the author's writing, I just felt it was so immature and pathetic this time around. I felt like Brashares was thinking, "Oh, well, the first book was already a success, so I don't really have to try to make this one good at all." I felt like Brashares had so many opportunities to make this a beautiful and touching book, but failed. There were moments when I was like, "Oh, I liked that thought a lot," but they were few and in between. Brashares only talent is her knack for entertaining and realistic dialogue. Otherwise, she was lacking tremendously in descriptions and other writing skills. Loved the first book, very disappointed with the second, not too sure I'll read the next.

I definitely loved this book. This book actually made me emotional considering I re-watched the first sisterhood movie, and when they started talking about Bailey, I almost cried

When I first read this book in my late teens/early twenties, I was more focused on the sisterhood and the adventures that they had, but now that i'm older, how I relate to the girls (and their moms) has definitely changed. The characters that I really connected to in this second book were the ones going through some heavy stuff: Christina, Tibby, and Bridget. It was these characters that taught me the most about being open to change and love, about learning from and accepting our past, about how to deal with grief, and how to take pride in ourselves and those around us. I also loved discovering new things about the moms, specifically Marly and Ari's backstories. Looking forward to the third one.

tThe pants are back! Here they are to give these wonderful friends the summer they have all been waiting for. I hope this book is as good as the first one! As same as in the first book of the sisterhood the author Ann Brashares uses the technique of putting for stories in 1 because each friend is living a different life, this author uses a great word choice “ whirlwind, hiatus, clunking, but’ she doesn’t use much word repetition, and I also love how she characterizes the new characters and the imagery that she can give you of the scene. I am going to start with the summer of Bridget she is my favorite character. Bridget finds out that her grandma from mom’s side has been writing all this past years and her father didn’t tell her. She is going to visit her grandma but not directly, she is going name herself Gilda for no one to realize that she is Bridget, she used to go to Alabama all the time when she was little that is why she hides her real name. She is going to work in her grandmother’s house and investigate about her mother; she is going to help Greta fix the attic. Everything comes out just they way she wanted it but her grandma realizes that she is her granddaughter and lets her stay at her house. Bridget finds herself again this summer; she starts playing soccer again and also finds friends from when she was little. Lena is another member from the sisterhood, This summer she is very depressed she misses her ex-boyfriend Kostos who she met the past summer in Greece when she went to visit her grandmother. She thinks Kostos has a girlfriend and that he has forgotten her. One day she hears the door bell, it was Kostos she didn’t now why he was there. He told her that he was there for university and that made Lena more depressed because it meant that he didn’t even cared for her, because he had come all the way from Greece and he didn’t even called her. One night Lena went to visit Kostos; she needed to talk to him, she explained all her feelings and then Kostos said that she didn’t have a girlfriend and that he still loved her. He made her very happy with those words; the bad thing is that Kostos needs to go back to Greece because of a family problem. At the end of the summer Lena goes to Greece becuase her grandfather died and she finds out that Kostos is getting married. Tibby is also a member of the sisterhood, she loves to make movies. This summer she went to a summer school of film making and she is suppose to do a movie. She makes a movie about the most embarrassing moments of her mom and after they present it she regrets it. She feels bad with her mom. But then she made a movie of the great moments she passed with her friend Bailey who died last summer, she made a great movie. Carmen didn’t have a great summer she fitted with her mom a lot because her mom was dating and obsessed with David and Carmen didn’t liked it. She thought her mom didn’t care about her any more, she also tried to help Lena forget about Kostos but she couldn’t.

2.5 stars.

I feel like it took me a whole month to finish this book more because I couldn't deal with anyone but Bee than because I was reading it in Swedish and trying to write down all the words I didn't know.

Seriously though, I expected much more from Tibby and Lena only to be so horribly disappointed by both of their arcs. Carmen's story line was even interesting compared to these two but... we all know Carmen is a drama queen so it was obviously a bit over the top. Bee's story line is what saved this book to be completely honest. She was a great character and showed a lot of development throughout the book and left me positively surprised. I'm sad that Lena's whole story line revolves around Kostos - it's like I wasn't even reading about her.

Overall, could've been much much better.

***This review contains spoilers***

Ah, I feel in love with this book. It was a lot better than the first, and really gave us much more personal info about the girls. I was in tears several times while reading this. The movie tribute to Bailey had me crying like a baby.
I can understand Carmen's feelings about her mother dating, but she was a bit selfish. I was happy to see that she overcame her selfishness.

I'm glad Bridgette went to visit her grandma. I had a feeling that she knew who Bridgette was the whole time. I don't understand her father's reasoning for keeping the kids from her.

Poor Lena. Finding out the love of your life is married while at your grandfather's funeral has to be one of the worst feelings ever. Kostas is a coward for not telling her.

I think Tibby is my favorite character. She tries to be a hardass, but she is actually very compassionate. I'm happy she now sees that her mother truly cares for her, and is willing to make time for her as well.

Le folli avventure di Matilde nella rilettura della serie "Quattro amiche e un paio di jeans"
Parte seconda


Ho appena letto una recensione che lodava la crescita dei personaggi principali. Credo di avere letto un libro diverso, perché solo una delle quattro ragazze è davvero cresciuta o sta davvero crescendo: Tibby, l'unica che sto salvando da questa rilettura.
Ma ordine. Analizziamo cosa ogni personaggio porta a noi e perché io sto avendo una crisi di nervi.
Carmen.
L'autrice la odia, non c'è dubbio. Perché non bastava che il padre fosse un essere umano pessimo, nemmeno sua madre è il massimo. Finalmente inizia ad uscire con un uomo, ma lei non fa come una persona assennata che si ricorda che la figlia, anche se sedicenne, ha ancora bisogno di lei, quindi si dimentica qualunque cosa la riguarda per uscire tutte le sere con il proprio fidanzato. Capisco l'entusiasmo, ma c'è una sana via di mezzo. Ah, giusto, in questo libro non ci sono mai vie di mezzo. È tutto un immenso sentire fino allo spasimo. E la mamma di Carmen ne è l'esempio. Perché dopo che sua figlia le sclera (e non del tutto a torto) e c'è un'incomprensione su una mancata telefonata, la madre si trasforma nel relitto di sé stessa, cadendo in una sorta di depressione. Ora... Va bene, la depressione è uno dei disturbi mentali più comuni, ma non è che dall'oggi al domani non hai più voglia di vivere quando il giorno prima stavi da dio. Anche se forse questo è bipolarismo e ci porta dritti da...
Bridget
Scopriamo che sua madre è bipolare. Cioè, non è che ce lo dicono chiaro e tondo, ma una donna che passa da fase maniacale a fase depressiva ed è stata ricoverata in un istituto psichiatrico dove le hanno prescritto il litio. Insomma, ci si può arrivare. Bridget si sente molto vicina a questa descrizione, MA non penso sia davvero così, anche perché quella che è da fase maniacale è descritta come è lei normalmente, quindi dovrebbe essere più inframmezzata, anche se basta un solo episodio depressivo. In ogni caso non è una continua fase maniacale o ipomaniacale (vi prego, studi in psicologia, non traditemi adesso). Insomma, piuttosto debole il tutto.
Poi non ho totalmente capito perché tutta questa segretezza per incontrare sua nonna, ma magari mi sono persa un passaggio io. Cioè, sì, suo padre era contrario, ma perché fare tutta sta sceneggiata con il nome falso? Per il drama? Può darsi.
E con drama ci attacchiamo a...
Lena.
Io la adoravo da piccola. Ma quanto ero scema? Non so, sembrava l'eroina tragica all'epoca. Immagino che una volta sentire di morire di crepacuore per l'amore della propria vita fosse il massimo del romanticismo. Ora il mio massimo del romanticismo è una pizza sotto la coperta a guardare un film e le coccole. I tempi sono cambiati, suppongo. Insomma, Lena mi ha fatto cascare il cascabile. Tutto il tempo distrutta anima e corpo per un uomo che dice di amare, ma non riesco a capacitarmi di dove sia questo amore *bestemmia *. Le loro conversazioni sono più secche del deserto del Sahara, più secchi delle mie piante di pomodori a fine giornata che aspettano di essere annaffiate. Io non ho idea di che cosa parlino quei due. Sembrano avere solo il desiderio di toccarsi (ed è già molto cringe scrivere questa frase, figuriamoci leggere conversazioni sul fatto che non posso evitare di mettersi le mani addosso. Tiratela meno lunga e prendetevi una stanza, a sto punto. Salvatemi da questo inferno).
E infine
Tibby
L'unica che sembra una persona normale. È un'adolescente, quindi fa i suoi errori, ma cerca di rimediare in modo sensato. È l'unica in cui puoi rispecchiarti: la paura di non trovare amici, volere certi amici, cercare di emergere, averne abbastanza dei genitori, non sentirsi ascoltata e la paura di affrontare alcune cose (qui si parla della morte di Bailey, quindi meno universale, ma si è afferrato il punto). Lei mi piace. Lei mi sembra che abbia raggiunto un briciolo di maturità in più a fine libro. Le altre non credo.

E poi, perché per alcune comunicazioni importanti non usano il benedetto telefono? Va bene, emotivamente complicato, ma piuttosto che mandare queste letterine del cavallo, Kostos non poteva alzare la cornetta e dire "Ciao, Lena, ci dobbiamo lasciare, ho la tizia incinta". Ma noooo, scriviamo un bigliettino criptico. Che poi... Quanto spenderanno per mandare due righe di lettera, che manco fosse un telegramma?

E per concludere, i veri mostri di questo libro sono i genitori. La maggior parte è più infantile delle proprie figlie. È normale che siano tutte squilibrate con un entourage del genere attorno.


Tengo 3 stelle per rispetto alla Matilde del passato.

i loved this so much. it was so heartbreaking at times but they are so cute with sending off the pants and i LOVE letters and online messages being in books. their stories were so good and explained so well.

3.5 stars. Not quite as good as the first, in my opinion, but a great continuance of the story of the traveling pants, and lessons about love and loss.

Third Read: August 22-27, 2016
Second Read: May 2009
Original Read: March 2004

My re-read of the series continues... this time on audio book. All so I can *finally* read the final book in the series, Sisterhood Everlasting.

I found that I was annoyed by most of the girls (with the exception of Bridget) all through this second book in the series.

Carmen - Carmen behaved like an abominable brat for 90% of the book. Her reaction to her mother daring to date and basically have a life made me want to smack her. I understand it had just been her and her mother since her parents divorced, but come on. Carmen was almost 17 years old and would be leaving for college in a year anyway. But Christina had the audacity to date and find some happiness and that sent Carmen into a tailspin and behaving like a selfish child having a tantrum. She was thoroughly unlikable for most of the book.

Tibby - I've always liked Tibby but her choices in this book had me so disappointed. She spent her time and efforts trying to gain the favor of two "cool kids" whose favorite past time was mocking others. And in the process she was thoughtless and cruel to Brian - and her mother - hurting them both. Shame on you, Tibby.

Lena - Lena's pining over Kostos was annoying since it was she that broke things off. And then she's devastated to learn that he went out with a girl? Uh, you broke up with him. Was he supposed to magically understand why and then pine after you till the end of time? The events with Kostos at the end of the book did have me completely sympathetic toward their plight but all the angst leading up to that point smacked of melodrama. (And the thing with Paul? I had totally forgot about that since my last read!)

Bridget - Bridget was the only one who seemed to be making smarter decisions this time around and growing in the process. I loved reading about her summer with Greta.

Not my favorite book in the series but I'm still looking forward to continuing my reread of the series.

Reread po 15 latach, jako stara baba. I tu już czułam, że mój wiek przeszkadza mi w zrozumieniu zachowania bohaterek i musiałam się wysilić, żeby przypomnieć sobie, jak to było mieć te 15-16 lat i czy też wtedy problemem byliby dla mnie to, co dla dziewczyn. Ale nadal dobrze się bawię przy tym rereadzie, lektura idzie jak po maśle, więc kontynuuję i czas na tom trzeci.