I read this book years ago when I was in elementary school. It is an excellent book for young girls. The characters are all either high school or college students and the book focuses on the wedding of one of them. There are no deep moral or social issues in this book. It's just a cute story about teenagers and is predictable from the begining. I still think that younger girls today would enjoy this book, although it was written in the 80's, so there may be a few references that they can't truly appreciate.

This was the longest-winded, boring book I've ever read. Over 600 pages of pure bore. The plot (if there actually was one) was shallow. Nothing good happened. I think, the only reason the book was so successful, was because "Garden of Lies" was so good, and so people naturally thought that this one would be good, too. So Goudge thought of a good story plot for "Garden of Lies". But she hadn't thought of another good one yet, but she wrote another novel anyway. Should her wealth be at our expense? If you haven't thought of a good story line, don't write a book yet.

The premise or this story was great....two sisters falling for one man. But this was the most boring and dramatic book I've ever read. I thought this would be a good-read because I read "Garden of Lies" which was great. I don't think this book needed to be more than 300pgs, but considering all the descriptions of the boring characters, that took up the other 300pgs. I am an avid reader, and this book was not worth it. It took me almost two months to complete because I couldn't stand it!

You might as well buy a box of truffles before you start reading this book. There are many pages describing the making of chocolate desserts and candies - especially truffles that by the middle of the book you have a huge craving.

The story line/plot in Such Devoted Sisters is good and well developed. The plot kept me reading the book. I especially wanted to see which sister Joe ends up with and why. Eileen Goudge is a good story teller and I enjoyed her exploration of family members relationships (esp. sisters) through good times and bad.

This book, however, reminded me of Danielle Steel's books because Eileen Goudge tends to be verbose and repetitious. I found myself skipping passages due to the redundancy of the characters thoughts.

Overall, the plot was good, though the book was too long and overly descriptive.