- Paperback: 384 pages
- Publisher: Time Warner Paperbacks (20 May 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0751527122
- ISBN-13: 978-0751527124
- Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 10.4 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,109,389 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Victoria Routledge's exhilarating first novel, Friends Like These, is a warm and witty story about a group of Cambridge graduates. The friends, who had been inseparable at college since their Fresher's Week meeting, arrange a weekend reunion in the Lake District. The weekend has several objectives: to celebrate the engagement and plan a wedding for Mike and Laura as well as to renew bonds with their closest friends. The weekend moves from the domesticity of Laura and Rachel trying to "out-cake" each other to the unexpected arrival of jet- setting actress, Caroline, whose sole objective seems to be to turn heads. Their friendships are indeed renewed but not until Caroline's atrocious behaviour is exposed and the many years of bottled-up anger is vented with scintillating effect. Friends Like These is fresh and funny with tight, sparkling dialogue and quick-witted insight into the friendships of seven twenty- something graduates with very different life goals. --Pat Naylor
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Out of university and doing one of those "Look, no hands!" jobs in a PR firm, Rachel is persuaded to join some old friends on a celebratory weekend in the Lake District - with mixed feelings. She remembers the good old days - the fun, the laughs, the gossip - but also remembers the bad bits.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Frothy, Friendly....and a great Debut!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Friends Like These (Paperback)
Victoria Routledge completely captured me with this book. Being at university myself, I could relate easily to the group of friendships. The style in which the book is written gives the characters life and bounce and the situations were very much lifelike. I didn't want the book to end but at the same time I wanted to see how Rachel got her revenge and how the story would be left....I even went to Cambridge, rode on a punt, eating strawberries and drinking Pimms with a couple of friends.The book, to me was totally unputdownable - and I am very much looking forward to reading Kiss Him Goodbye (which i own but have not yet had the time to read). I think Victoria Routledge is definitely a budding novelist - and at the age of 24 - well on her way to being highly featured in the future.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
I couldn't put this down!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Friends Like These (Paperback)
I read this on the recommendation of someone I work with - and now I'm telling everyone else I know to read it too! Funny and warm, and less obsessed with brand names and clothes labels than many other 'young women's fiction', FLT is a story about real people, rel friendships and real emotions. I can't wait for Victoria Routledge's next book. Simply brilliant.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Pack this along with Factor 15 and sunhat,
By A Customer
This review is from: Friends Like These (Paperback)
Not my normal kind of book, but my girlfriend spent our entire holiday flight giggling to herself, so I had to find out what was so funny - and 'Friends Like These' really is funny. If you don't recognise at least one of your friends (or yourself) amongst this lot then you're probably in deep denial. These are good old friendships but with cracks - and in the cracks grow some explosive secrets. There are some great one-liners in here, and although the general feel is light and bright, there's just the right amount of shade too: the characters become real people you can care about, and unlike many books of this ilk (according to my girlfriend!) they really do develop through the course of the novel. Don't be put off by the rather girly cover - this is a funny, fast and accomplished read.
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