Reviews for Sweetwater Creek

The average rating for Sweetwater Creek based on 2 reviews is 2.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2010-06-22 00:00:00 Daniel Vinet This book moved really slow….rambling on and on and never really getting anywhere. A story of Emily, a 12 year old who lives on a plantation home situated in the Lowcountry, and her friendship with a poor little rich society girl. Emily's mother abandons the family, leaving Emily with her father, brothers and the hunting dogs that she trains and raises. Emily prefers working with the dogs and immersing herself in her surroundings, but her father wants her to be a society girl and go to Charlotte Hall - this is where Lulu comes in (she dislikes her privileged life). I appreciate that this story was told in a lyrical, poetic manner, but the story as a whole just didn't work for me and really dragged. At times I felt as though some things were overly descriptive. This is the first book I have read by ARS, and I will give a couple of her other titles a try to see if maybe they might be different.

Review # 2 was written on 2017-10-27 00:00:00 Frank Pires This is a southern coming of age story. It had all the potholes this type of book needs....alcohol, neglect, abandonment, abuse, being misunderstood, the help with shoulders to cry on and so on. Emily was a young girl trying to find her place in a man's world until a socialite comes to live in the barn. Overall, I liked this, but I feel I've read it all before. I did like the element of breeding dogs though. That was new. So 3 stars.