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4.0 out of 5 stars
It's a great read, November 10, 2007
Of the two sisters of the title, Janet is the narrator. Here's how she meets the othere "bufflehead," Sophie.
A kindergarten teacher has singled Sophie out for criticism. She makes Sophie stand as she scolds her. DeLois writes: "I stole at glance at Sophie expecting to see my own mortification reflected there. But Sophie looked entirely unperturbed as she gazed around the classroom with her hands in her pockets, like someone who had just stopped by to see what a kindergarten class looked like."
DeLois is a great story-teller, and this is a fascinating tale to tell. When the two girls get to junior high, Sophie's strange abilities come more into the story. It seems she can do things like tell fortunes and turn evil back on those from whom it's coming.
It makes for one of the best coming of age stories since Holden Caufield rode that taxi through Central Park wondering where all the ducks went in winter.
But Sophie and Janet are not goodie-two-shoes. When they get to high school, sex and drugs come into the story. And Sophie's approach to things is, as always, a little different. For example, sometimes when when one of her father's girlfriends is spending the night, she borrows the car keys and goes for a drive.
DeLois writes about it:
"One night she was driving some woman's car when a policeman signaled her to pull over. She toyed with the idea of outrunning him, she told me, but she wasn't that good with the stock shift yet, and she was just stoned enough to be mesmerized by the flashing blue lights, so she stopped.
The cop asked to see her license, and she was forced to admit that she didn't have one. He asked who car she was driving, and she explained that she didn't exactly know, she had found it in her driveway. He asked for her name, and she clammed up.
As he crouched down to speak to her at eye level, she had a strange sense of deja vu, and in the middle of his speech about how much trouble she was in, she interrupted.
"I know you. You shot my mother."
That shut up the cop, because it turns out he did.
There's bound to me more "Sophie" books in the future, and when there are, you'll be glad you read this one.
It's a great read.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Well worth reading and keeping on your bookshelf, January 17, 2010
This review is from: Bufflehead Sisters (Mass Market Paperback)
Some people's lives seem to be more of an experiment on how much one person can take, while other's seem relatively uneventful. This was my gym read. It was so engrossing and riveting, I was doing 2+ hours a day of cardio just so I could keep reading. The last day I was dying to know how it ended, so I did 2.5 hours. This is a story of best friends, unconditional love, many secrets and reveals, and what true friendship is about. It also had the odd twists that life really has.
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A Totally Fun Read, December 18, 2009
This review is from: Bufflehead Sisters (Mass Market Paperback)
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. While some of the plot line is fairly predictable, it did not detract one iota from the fun I had reading this book. It is a quick, engaging and enjoyable read that is perfect for a snowy winter afternoon. Probably not the most memorable story, but totally enjoyable while it lasts.
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