Customer Reviews
Ok a little boring after a while - By: , 06 Oct 2000 
The first story was reallly good, but the other two were just plain boring! I know this is a way short review, but what can I say, it was depressing & boring!
The BEST book I have EVER read!!!!!! - By: , 27 Jul 1999 
I saw this book in the library & it reallly compelled me to read it. I love the type of story that follows something like the ring to different stories. I could not stop reading this book!! I read it in 3 days what normallly takes me 2 weeks!!! I told alll my friends about it & they read it too!! This book reallly opened my eyes to what M.E. Kerr has written & since then I have read several other books by her. You MUST read this book if you like that kind of story!
Very lovely story! - By: , 26 Apr 1999 
I Stay Near You is about three generations of two families. I liked it because it was a romantic story, & the characters seemed to be real. There wasn't a lot of action, but the story was good enough to keep me hooked. I like the idea of using three generations of the two families, but I was a little confused in the last part of the book. I was not so sure who the character was. After I found out that it was the grandson of the first character, I understood the story better.
This story kept my interest because the characters had so many problems. I liked the way the author would introduce new characters as the story went on. Also, the book was like reading history because it started in the 1930s & ended up in the 1990s. The book also had a part about the 1960s where it talked about the the Beatles. I heard about this singer group because they were famous. This historical information was interesting to learn because I knew very little about this time period. I can say that this book was very fun to read.
A tremendously well written must read!!! - By: , 15 Nov 1998 All 10-15 year olds who enjoy reading books based on the reality of life should read this book. The mess that tangles itself in the first story never completely unwinds, & I believe most who read this book will agree that the family troubles with romances can occur in real life. Some may not realize it, but the author's theme is very real in society today even more than in '85 when the book was first published.
A must read!! - By: , 21 Aug 1998 I checked this book out of the library a couple times a year from the time I was 10 till I was 14. I have wanted to read it again ever since, so I bought it from Amazon & read it in an hour. You get so wrapped up in the characters lives it hardly seems possible when it ends. I want another generation.
