Little Altars Everywhere Audiobook

" While this explains a lot of Vivi's excentricities Iit just didn't have the unity of the first book. "

" Not as good as Ya-Ya Sisterhood, but interesting as it shows different sides of the Walker clan, from different times and places. Still a wonderful book "

" Not as good as the follow-up. "

" Please, I am begging you, skip the YaYas and go straight to this book. This is the money. This is the one you need to read. These are the characters before they became insufferable. These are the characters before the author envisioned them being played in a movie. That's all I can figure since the writing just went off the rails when she got to the YaYas and Siddalee became a dramaturge or something or other and they ended up jumping up and down on the porch trying to catch their tears in jars. I mean, really. This is a spitfire of a book. "

" she has a great writing sensibility... "

" Liked the Ya-Ya's better..this was a little dark. "

" DELIGHTFUL!! BEING CATHOLIC IN LOUSIANA IN THE 60'S---NOT MUCH DIFFERENT FROM BEING CATHOLIC ON LI IN THE 60'S!!! "

" I read this book first and liked it better than Ya-ya sisterhood. "

" Rebecca Wells captures darkness in families through this work. Although this is not my favorite of the ya-ya books, it sheds light on some of the struggles faced in the other books. "

" Why do I even READ her books? "

" Good but not as good as Divine Secrets--probably because it came second. "

" It was pretty depressing, but well-written. I am ambiguous about how I feel about it. "

" It was an ok book. I enjoyed the read but wouldnt pick it up a second time. Hopefully the other two will catch my attention more. BUT I will say that I would love to beat that mother for the way she treated her children. Not a mother at all. "

" Too dark for the bubble gum this is. "

" This is like a compilation of Vivian Abbot's family short fiction. It's the way Wells told the tale that made me really into it. I don't know why, she always managed to make a touchy ending, that gives you a warm feeling in your heart. "

" This wasn't as good as the ya ya and a little disturbing...Don't read- "

" kicking this to the curb. just not grabbing my interest... "

" not as good as Ya-ya's, but still a good read. It follows the same time frame but is mostly just little stories. "

" I enjoyed the short stories. They gave interesting though to pieces of the other books. Very vivid characters, and there are some things that the stories talked about that still slightly haunt me when I dare to think about it. "

" This book was much more fucked up than I thought it would be. Two stars may not be enough but after pounding through it all night I can't decide if I want to kill the author or myself. I am almost afraid to read the other two books. But, I shall soldier on! "

" I didn't like this as much as "The Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood". I found the mother far less sympathetic and it soured the whole experience for me. "

" Definetly the darkest Ya-Ya book of them all. I didn't like it as much as the others, but it still is a great read. "

" Totally reminded me of how crazy my family is. "

" I read the Divine Secrets first, and frankly I'm glad. I think I enjoyed this book more because of it. I love Sidda's story. "

" Good story but poorly structured novel. Rebecca Wells takes those stories, so filled with pain, and makes beauty "

" Not as good as Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood , but worth reading if you liked its characters. It helps your understanding of the characters as people if you read some of these little anecdotes about their lives, even though the anecdotes are all somewhat disconnected. "

" this is good writing, but do not read it if you are depressed. "

" See my review under "Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood." "

" enjoyed this book very much, but not quite as much as "Divine Secrets" "

" I read this book after reading the Ya Ya book & was just disgusted with the mother's behavior. If I had read this book first and understood the mother, I would not have read Ya Ya. "

" This book gives a lot of background to the Ya Ya Sisterhood book. Hard truths. "

" Great prequel (written first) to yaYa Sisterhood "

" This book ruined ever watching "Divine Secrets" ever again. Vivi is terrible. I would never be able to watch that movie again without thinking of all the terrible things she did in this book-much worse than the movie portrays. "

" The characters are just so interesting!! "

" Not as good as YaYa Sisterhood, but still laden with descriptions of deep Southern characters. A sad, but powerful story. "

" Much darker than Yaya Sisterhood but still good. "

" While this explains a lot of Vivi's excentricities Iit just didn't have the unity of the first book. "

" I loved all the ya-ya books. they make me laugh mostly and cry a little. her newest one, a/b a totally different character, was amazing as well. "

" I read this after I read Ya-Ya. Sometimes I wish I hadn't read this because some of the background of the characters is disturbing. "

" Ok story but ends up dealing w/ child abuse - never my favorite subject to read about. "

" This book was a more unexpectedly dark and very "skeletons in the closet" back story for Vivi and her family. Interested to see how The Divine Secrets compares to this one. "

" This was a nice addition to the Ya-Ya Sisterhood story. Sad and happy, very poignant. A quick read as well. "

" Much better than her popular best-seller "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood". This book has great imagery and a compelling story-line that made me never want to put it down! "

" This is by far the best of the YA YA books. I read this in 1999 and the plot and characters are still with me today. "