The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
The first novel in the wildly popular #1 New York Times bestselling Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series, from the author of The Whole Thing Together and The Here and Now.
Some friends just fit together.
Once there was a pair of pants. Just an ordinary pair of jeans. But these pants, the Traveling Pants, went on to do great things. This is the story of the four friends—Lena, Tibby, Bridget, and Carmen—who made it possible.
Pants = love. Love your pals. Love yourself.
"Funny, perceptive, and moving." --USA Today
“An outstanding and vivid book that will stay with readers for a long time.” —Publishers Weekly, Starred, Flying Start
“The loving depiction of enduring and solid friendship will ring true to readers.” —The Bulletin, Recommended
“A feel-good novel of substance.” —Kirkus Reviews, Starred
“Uplifting.” —Seventeen
Some friends just fit together.
Once there was a pair of pants. Just an ordinary pair of jeans. But these pants, the Traveling Pants, went on to do great things. This is the story of the four friends—Lena, Tibby, Bridget, and Carmen—who made it possible.
Pants = love. Love your pals. Love yourself.
"Funny, perceptive, and moving." --USA Today
“An outstanding and vivid book that will stay with readers for a long time.” —Publishers Weekly, Starred, Flying Start
“The loving depiction of enduring and solid friendship will ring true to readers.” —The Bulletin, Recommended
“A feel-good novel of substance.” —Kirkus Reviews, Starred
“Uplifting.” —Seventeen
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Community Reviews
I had a few girlfriends growing up, and we always made silly promises to one another, but they never lasted longer than that day. This book was something that I had not truly experienced before! Unconditional love and support from your friends. It made me wish I had invested more into those few girlfriends I had when I was younger.
i can tell why this would have such a hold on a pre/teen girls in the 2000’s but it kinda icked me out a lil (a romance between a 15 and a 19 year old, the ill but very wise child trope)… like i think this is supposed to be like “life is so complex!” and it def tackles some big topics, but idk if i got sm out of it (i think i would’ve loved this when i was like 13)
anwyay published on 9/11 so yay year i was born!
rating: 2.5 rounded up?
category: published year you were born
anwyay published on 9/11 so yay year i was born!
rating: 2.5 rounded up?
category: published year you were born
Gag me. Gag me now. I did not enjoy this book right from the get-go. Despite the fact that these characters go through some hard times and make difficult decisions, I could not shake the fact that these girls seemed to be endowed with the "cooler than thou" gene. They are the golden girls, and nothing can really touch them. Not really. Somehow, everything turns out. From their charmed little beginning where all their moms were in the same lamaze class or whatever to the fact that they are all complete and utter besties forever and a half, it just rubs me the wrong way. There are no real issues in the group and their harmony is difficult to swallow. Maybe that's what annoys me the most.
SPOILERS.
Bailey dies but Tibby learns a valuable lesson. Lena is shy and doesn't think she's pretty but of course she's gorgeous and gets a gorgeous Greek boyfriend. Carmen's dad is getting remarried and she doesn't fit in with his new family, but she steps in at their wedding as a bridesmaid and everything is all better. Bridget is, let's be honest, a whore, but it's okay because she has three supportive friends to make it alright. Okay, so Bridget's story seems a little more real (her mom committed suicide, she obviously has a daddy complex, and, as mentioned before, the word hussy springs to mind), but it is thwarted by the fact that she's a wildly unlikeable character. As soon as little miss champion gets to the soccer camp (where she's all like, "I'm the best and hot and you know it") she makes it her mission in life to flirt with the coach. And yes, he probably takes a bit of advantage of her, but that's never really made clear and I really see it only as her own stupidity. She's old enough to know what she's doing and the consequences and if she had sex with him and then felt violated, that's her own dumb mistake.
And the thing that ties them all together when they travel all across the world is so incredibly unbelievable and convenient: a pair of jeans that magically fits all four of them. AND makes them all look fantastic and sexy. Come. On. I just want to smack them and shout "GET OVER YOURSELVES." That pretty much sums up how I feel about this book. Flat, dull, and tedious. True torture would be making me read the rest of the series. Just one was punishment enough.
SPOILERS.
Bailey dies but Tibby learns a valuable lesson. Lena is shy and doesn't think she's pretty but of course she's gorgeous and gets a gorgeous Greek boyfriend. Carmen's dad is getting remarried and she doesn't fit in with his new family, but she steps in at their wedding as a bridesmaid and everything is all better. Bridget is, let's be honest, a whore, but it's okay because she has three supportive friends to make it alright. Okay, so Bridget's story seems a little more real (her mom committed suicide, she obviously has a daddy complex, and, as mentioned before, the word hussy springs to mind), but it is thwarted by the fact that she's a wildly unlikeable character. As soon as little miss champion gets to the soccer camp (where she's all like, "I'm the best and hot and you know it") she makes it her mission in life to flirt with the coach. And yes, he probably takes a bit of advantage of her, but that's never really made clear and I really see it only as her own stupidity. She's old enough to know what she's doing and the consequences and if she had sex with him and then felt violated, that's her own dumb mistake.
And the thing that ties them all together when they travel all across the world is so incredibly unbelievable and convenient: a pair of jeans that magically fits all four of them. AND makes them all look fantastic and sexy. Come. On. I just want to smack them and shout "GET OVER YOURSELVES." That pretty much sums up how I feel about this book. Flat, dull, and tedious. True torture would be making me read the rest of the series. Just one was punishment enough.
I read this years ago and remember really liking it.
I also enjoyed the film when it originally came out.
I also enjoyed the film when it originally came out.
15 year old me would have eaten this up and wished I was Lena. As an adult it was cute but kind of outlandish 😂
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