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It Was a good book, but it didn't captivate me.
I had to push myself through it every time I picked it up. I felt myself most bored when reading her parts.
I know it was all about her discovery, discovering some of their secrets and getting insight into her I can't decide, even now whether I liked it enough to share with others or if I should hold it close and keep it on my shelves. I know it was all about her discovery, discovering some of their secrets and getting insight into her mothers world, into her mother herself, but it was just so bland going through Sidda's motions as she discovered.
I also understand that the book itself wasn't just about sharing the divine secrets, it was about bringing mother and daughter together again. For that reason, I guess I see why the POV was written the way it was, but I would have liked more Ya Ya and less Siddalee walking through the woods and stretching on her couch while she searches for something in her mothers memories. I'll recommend without hesitation, because I'm sure someone else out there can feel more from it than I did.
I know one thing for certain, I will always think of Jack when I look at this book. I fell in love with the Ya Ya's stories from the past more than the book itself. I have very mixed opinions on this novel. Although interesting to follow, the characters within the novel frustrated me to no end. I truly enjoyed hearing about the Ya-Ya's growing up, but anytime the story was following Sidda's life in the cabin I found it extremely hard to read. If I had to say I related to a character the most within the novel, it would be Caro.
She has a very interesting and complex way of looking at things, and is able to help the other Ya-Ya's through their emotional troub I have very mixed opinions on this novel. She has a very interesting and complex way of looking at things, and is able to help the other Ya-Ya's through their emotional troubles better than say, Vivi, could. She quickly got over finding out her husband was gay, and there were no hard feelings. And since she was such close friends with him, she remained friends with both him and his boyfriend. That is so admirable, I feel as if I would do the same in a similar situation.
She had no kids either, and I don't want any, whether that was her choice or the breakup of the marriage between her and her husband. She also didn't remarry, because she didn't really need to. It was her and her Ya-Ya's, and when you have a group of friends that close who really needs men? Someone gave me this book many years ago. It sat on my shelf. I almost gave it to Housing Works in a sweep of books to donate, but saved it at the last minute. So, I decided to finally read it as a sort of guilty pleasure.
Well, part of it actually surprised me in its sensitivity, true-to-life descriptions, and gripping story line.
I have never made one, but I think that is about to change. Involving the private sector and civil society The agency also mobilises private sector expertise. Our Apps and Plugins. For all the cakepops you do, I'd think this would have been a snap for you. The Ya Yas are emotionally stunted and I can't believe not one of them is a lesbian, because there are serious lesbian vibes throughout this book. I made a HUGE gigantic mess.
Unfortunately, that only made up half of the bookthe half about the group of girls, the Ya-Yas growing up. The other half, about a daughter of one of the Ya-Yas, w Someone gave me this book many years ago. The other half, about a daughter of one of the Ya-Yas, was annoying, badly written, sentimental, and by and large a distraction from the Ya-Ya story. I wish the editor could have cut out that modern-day mother-daughter story and left intact the history of four friends who shared their lives with each other.
There was so much richness there, especially for anyone who has had true girlfriends, it's a shame.
I'd almost suggest reading it and skipping over the mother-daughter part, but they aren't set up neatly as every-other-chapter flashbacks, so it's not that easy to do. I tried to like this book. So many of my friends gave it five stars. The only reason I gave it two stars is because I was desperate to love it.
I made it half-way through, as opposed to the 60 pages I typically give a book I don't like.
I normally read books within a few days. This one has taken me several weeks. Because I dread picking it up. It was so boring! The "divine secret" is that people found it interesting enough for the author to write several sequels. I'm so glad I checked this out at the library, otherwise I would be writing the author for a refund. Save yourself some money and time and leave this book on the shelf. I just couldn't connect to this book or to its characters. It was not logical for people who carry so much emotional burden to just find their way back to each other so easily.
This is not a book that is meh-ish all the way through. It has fun parts, tender parts, tragic parts, enjoyable parts. Then it hits you with "umbilical cord of love" and my personal most memorable fave, "luminous nipples", and the abyss stares back. Shallow static characters never change from age 4 to View all 3 comments.
Read this when I was living in Louisiana. There was a lot of hype over the book at the time, which I didn't really get. Living in Louisiana is immensely better than reading about it, apparently. I had to stop reading when Vivi says, "Am I one of those nuts who never get over high school? I don't know if I can finish this book. The book swings between cutesy-wootsey and dark, but never lingers long so I have no idea what the tone of this book is.
I mean, it's nice that these four women have helped each other survive life, but it's not realistic that they would never have I had to stop reading when Vivi says, "Am I one of those nuts who never get over high school? I mean, it's nice that these four women have helped each other survive life, but it's not realistic that they would never have moved, never have drifted apart, never grown up, never gotten sick of each others' BS I am.
It's not healthy that they have put their friendship ahead of their marriages, children, and family relationships, and it's not healthy that they are living in the past. It's not healthy that they're alcoholics and think it's funny to refer to "The Betty" Betty Ford Clinic like it's a big joke. Sidda is clearly damaged because of her mother, and no amount of sad stories about Jack or Buggy will erase the damage she's experienced. The book also can't decide if Vivi is right, that we all make our own choices and have to live with them, or if we're all just damaged goods because of our mothers' experiences.
And that's not because Wells is a provocative writer who is challenging us to think critically, but because she's a hackneyed writer. You could never tell with colored people" is racist. She treats Melinda horribly when Melinda wants to Her town didn't have "whites only" signs? She doesn't understand that Ginger has her own family? How stupid is this girl? I'll skim the rest, but honestly, I could not care less about these shallow, looks- and self-obsessed wealthy, privileged white ladies.
Sidda needs more therapy, because leaving the alleged love of your life to deal with her alcoholic, abusive, messed-up mother is crazy.
The pretty mean girl who makes the lives of girls like me miserable. The Ya Yas are emotionally stunted and I can't believe not one of them is a lesbian, because there are serious lesbian vibes throughout this book. Ultimately, other writers have done the Southern mother-daughter relationship better. I actually love Southern lit, and the chick-lit label doesn't bother me. Too many characters, too many storylines, too many jumps in time, too many threads dropped seriously, why does Vivi's father buy her a carat diamond ring?
Also, this needed editing. Like, get rid of Sidda. Last point for real: Like, stop beating me over the head with it. The play on "divine" in the title is clearly a religious reference, but what is that supposed to imply--the "secrets" which aren't really that awesome, TBH are holy? From God which is the first definition of "divine"?
Because the secrets are none of those things. Or are they supposed to be the secondary definition, lovely and delightful? Because they weren't those either. I think Wells doesn't actually deliver on the promise of the title, which is the most egregious problem with the book. And, the book within the book is so indicative of how self-centered these women are--most people have diaries, scrapbooks, a box of memories and meaningful stuff. But no one names it something so pretentious as "divine secrets.
I really wanted to like this book more than I actually did. It starts off great, but by the end of the book I just wanted to slap the protagonist, Sidda. Nothing is more irritating than a protagonist who is having a tepid crisis and whines an awful lot. That being said, I did enjoy learning about the actual Ya-Yas and would have loved a book just about them maybe minus Vivi, who was the most shallow and obnoxious character in the book and not the self-centered Petite Ya-Ya this book is so conc I really wanted to like this book more than I actually did. That being said, I did enjoy learning about the actual Ya-Yas and would have loved a book just about them maybe minus Vivi, who was the most shallow and obnoxious character in the book and not the self-centered Petite Ya-Ya this book is so concerned with.
I suppose I should try to watch the movie next because I like to compare books to their movies, but I am almost too afraid to. Also, mini rant and spoiler alert When looking at a photo of Jack, one of Sidda's friends comments that Jack looks a lot like someone, but is cut off. I went through the whole book, just waiting for the big reveal that Jack was Sidda's biological father, but nope. So who was it that Jack had looked so much like!? Was anyone else miffed by this? There were several factors for me stopping, but the primary one was the racism that was infused throughout the book. I understand that part of the story is told through the eyes of white girls in the s, and that casual racism was part of the zeitgeist back then, but it became too much for me to handle.
One of the secondary factors was that all of the characters were unlikeable -- even though the audience was meant to root for them. This book was first published in and people like myself are still reading it in So there must be something about the book that I did not relate to. I didn't care for the alcoholic mother who physically and mentally abused her children. I didn't like the style of the YaYa friendships that seemed to take precedence over the relationship with their husbands. Anyway, I finished the book. Rebecca Wells was born and raised in Alexandria, Louisiana. Early on, she fell in love with thinking up and acting in plays for Rebecca Wells was born and raised in Alexandria, Louisiana.
Early on, she fell in love with thinking up and acting in plays for her siblings—the beginnings of her career as an actress and writer for the stage. Acting in school and summer youth theater productions freed Rebecca to step out of the social hierarchies of high school and into the joys of walking inside another character and living in another world. The day after she graduated from high school, Rebecca left for Yellowstone National Park, where she worked as a waitress. It was an introduction to the natural glories of the park—mountains, waterfalls, hot springs, and geysers—as well as to the art of hitchhiking.
During this time she worked as a cocktail waitress--once accidentally kicking a man in the shins when he slipped a ten-dollar bill down the front of her dress—and began keeping a journal after reading Anais Nin, which she has done ever since.
Click here to read more Other books in the series. Ya Yas 3 books. Books by Rebecca Wells. Trivia About Divine Secrets of Quotes from Les divins secret You just climb up on the beast and ride. You know, the story of your life. Otherwise your heart would crack wider than you could handle. He only cracks it enough so you can still walk, like someone wearing a cast. But you've still got a crack running up your side, big enough for a sapling to grow out of. Only no one sees it.