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'The brilliant US author of Good In Bed and In Her Shoes (made into a great movie starring Cameron Diaz and Toni Collette) has come up trumps again. Beautifully written with humour and warmth.'
--Daily Mail, Friday July 2nd 2010
--Daily Mail, Friday July 2nd 2010
'Witty, moving, stupendously well written and deeply perceptive.' --Jill Mansell
'Jennifer Weiner is a genius. Her books are totally gripping, beautifully written, heartbreaking and hilarious.' --Harriet Evans
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Addie Downs and Valerie Adler will be best friends forever. At least that's what nine-year-old Addie believes when Val moves into the house across the street. But in the wake of betrayal during their teenage years, Val is swept into the popular crowd, while mousy, sullen Addie becomes her school's scapegoat. Fifteen years on, Val has found a measure of fame and fortune as the local weathergirl. Addie, meanwhile, lives alone in her parents' house, looking after her troubled brother and trying to meet Prince Charming on the internet. She's just returned from Bad Date No. 6, when she hears a knock at her door. There, on the step, is her long-gone best friend, blood on the sleeve of her coat. 'Something terrible has happened,' Val tells Addie. 'Can you help me?'
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Having read and loved Good in Bed, Certain Girls, In Her Shoes and Little Earthquakes, I was looking forward to Best Friends Forever. Having perservered to the end, I am not sure that this was even written by the same author.
The story was so unrealistic as to be farcical the whole way through - a whole police force investigating the crime of a patch of blood and a dropped belt, Jordan breaking into Addie's house since he had "compelling circumstancial evidence", the bizarre praying session between Dan and Meredith almost as if he was being held there against his will, Dan's sudden repentance after 15 years, the ridiculous bank hold up scene with Valerie, Addie just handing over 10,000 dollars for Val to spend after them not seeing each other in years, the two of them going on the run to Florida without actually knowing for sure if they had done anything, honestly, I could go on and on.
I have given 2 stars as I loved the flashback parts, they were beautifully written.
Do not waste your time with this book, Weiner has written great books like the ones I mentioned above, definitely try them instead!
The story was so unrealistic as to be farcical the whole way through - a whole police force investigating the crime of a patch of blood and a dropped belt, Jordan breaking into Addie's house since he had "compelling circumstancial evidence", the bizarre praying session between Dan and Meredith almost as if he was being held there against his will, Dan's sudden repentance after 15 years, the ridiculous bank hold up scene with Valerie, Addie just handing over 10,000 dollars for Val to spend after them not seeing each other in years, the two of them going on the run to Florida without actually knowing for sure if they had done anything, honestly, I could go on and on.
I have given 2 stars as I loved the flashback parts, they were beautifully written.
Do not waste your time with this book, Weiner has written great books like the ones I mentioned above, definitely try them instead!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Addie and Val became friends when they were 9 years old and promised to be best friends forever. That was until their senior year at school when Val became part of the popular crowd and left Addie behind. Addie was bullied mercilessly by Val and her friends and has never got over it. Now Addie lives alone in her parent's old house, working from home and having no friends she looks out for her disabled brother. After returning home from yet another disastrous date fifteen years later Addie is shocked when Val turns up covered in blood and in desperate need of help.
When I first read the description of Best Friends Forever I thought it would be a fun read and having liked some of Jennifer Weiner's previous books I was looking forward to reading it. Unfortunately I was disappointed and although I thought the book was OK there were just too many things that were completely unrealistic and stopped me truly loving the story.
Although I found myself quite liking Addie I couldn't believe the trouble Val managed to get her into. If your best friend ruined your life I don't think you'd be quite so quick to welcome her back into your life with open arms and you certainly wouldn't be willing to go along with her crazy plans! Val wasn't a very likable character, yes you get to find out what a difficult life she has had but that doesn't really excuse the way she treats Addie now or how she expects to walk through life getting away with anything just with a little flirting.
The narration jumps from present to past and is told mainly by Addie but with some chapters written from the point of view of police chief Jordan and the occasional section by their childhood tormentor Dan. At first I found the constant jumping around a little confusing but I did find I got used to this eventually. I think the sections I enjoyed most were told from Addie's point of view and I particularly liked the flashbacks to their time at school. The things going on in the present were so ridiculous that I found myself wanting to skip pages just to get through them. Dan is a horrible character & very unlikeable, although I think that was the whole point but I didn't even find myself liking Jordan (the main love interest) very much and I didn't really feel the relationship between him and Addie was believable.
Overall I'd say this definitely isn't a book I'd read again but if you're a fan of Jennifer Weiner it might be worth giving it a try. If you're new to her work this probably isn't the best one to start with but I would definitely recommend her book Good In Bed.
When I first read the description of Best Friends Forever I thought it would be a fun read and having liked some of Jennifer Weiner's previous books I was looking forward to reading it. Unfortunately I was disappointed and although I thought the book was OK there were just too many things that were completely unrealistic and stopped me truly loving the story.
Although I found myself quite liking Addie I couldn't believe the trouble Val managed to get her into. If your best friend ruined your life I don't think you'd be quite so quick to welcome her back into your life with open arms and you certainly wouldn't be willing to go along with her crazy plans! Val wasn't a very likable character, yes you get to find out what a difficult life she has had but that doesn't really excuse the way she treats Addie now or how she expects to walk through life getting away with anything just with a little flirting.
The narration jumps from present to past and is told mainly by Addie but with some chapters written from the point of view of police chief Jordan and the occasional section by their childhood tormentor Dan. At first I found the constant jumping around a little confusing but I did find I got used to this eventually. I think the sections I enjoyed most were told from Addie's point of view and I particularly liked the flashbacks to their time at school. The things going on in the present were so ridiculous that I found myself wanting to skip pages just to get through them. Dan is a horrible character & very unlikeable, although I think that was the whole point but I didn't even find myself liking Jordan (the main love interest) very much and I didn't really feel the relationship between him and Addie was believable.
Overall I'd say this definitely isn't a book I'd read again but if you're a fan of Jennifer Weiner it might be worth giving it a try. If you're new to her work this probably isn't the best one to start with but I would definitely recommend her book Good In Bed.
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In the beginning it was hard to feel the story. It took me at least a few chapters before a knew that this was gonna be a good one!
It's about the past, friendship and love! What's not to love!
It's about the past, friendship and love! What's not to love!
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