![]() ![]() Having tracked every little bit of Alice's life for 12+ years, we have a wonderful opportunity to explore why she feels like she does. In many ways, this is probably my greatest reservation about the series. This particular installment is a bit more action-packed than some of the previous ones, but notably thinner on emotions, feelings, and getting inside Alice's head. Naylor is not quite in touch with the technology that is the foundation of adolescence (confusing Facebook with some sort of chat room or Craigslist) anymore and her writing style seems more grandmotherly, but this gives the books an innocent charm that make them popular with younger readers. Alice's adventures aren't quite as cute as before and the books tend to read like serial installments, rather than as themed books, but Alice remains an interesting young woman (if, for no other reason, than there's been so much written about her). It's another installment in Naylor's long-running series. Pamela is dealing with her needy mother, Gwen is trying out a new romance, and Alice herself is mostly fretting over Patrick and whether she is being too clingy. ![]() It's hard work, but Alice gets to see a lot of scenery and they have some adventures. But for one more summer, they will be together, working on a cruise ship in the Chesapeake Bay. ![]() Now that the girls have graduated from High School, Alice is realizing that they will soon part and go off in different directions. ![]()
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