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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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
About the Author
Victoria Routledge was born and educated in the Lake District and now lives in North London. She read English at Trinity College, Cambridge, where she achieved the giddy heights of the position of reserve for the first University Challenge team. Aged twenty-four she now works as a fiction editor in a leading publishing house. SORTED FOR TEAS AND FIZZ is her first novel.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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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
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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.
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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.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
1.0 out of 5 stars
I must have read a different book too!
I just can't believe the rave reviews this book is getting! The descriptive passages aren't too bad, but the plot is virtually nonexistent! Read more
Published on 1 Sep 2009 by Cassandra Snow
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very enjoyable and realistic
I really enjoyed reading this and could really relate to the characters and how hard it is to maintain college friendships once you have all moved on.
Published on 19 Mar 2001
3.0 out of 5 stars
So so...
Light, frothy, somewhat amusing. It wasn't as entertaining a read as I had been led to believe by other reviews. Read more
Published on 18 Oct 2000
5.0 out of 5 stars
brilliant for the beach - and for reading again
I picked this up to take on holiday after reading the reviews on Amazon and I wasn't disappointed. All right, so it's about getting married and growing up and record shops, but the... Read more
Published on 8 Aug 2000
1.0 out of 5 stars
Did I read a different book?
I picked up this book based on the glowing reviews written by other reviewers and was utterly dissappointed. I just couldn't continue past the early pages! Read more
Published on 28 July 2000
5.0 out of 5 stars
Utterly unputdownable!
I absolutely loved this book! Friends like these is like a beautiful dream you never want to awaken from. Read more
Published on 17 July 2000 by courtneyallis69@hotmail.com
4.0 out of 5 stars
One of the best books I have ever read
This was a great read, full of excellent characters - it made me so angry the way Caroline treated Rachel, but I'm glad she fought back at the end. Read more
Published on 5 July 2000
4.0 out of 5 stars
What Fun!
For only being 24 what a great debut by Ms. Routledge! The characters were completely believable and likeable - at least most of them were. Read more
Published on 23 April 2000
5.0 out of 5 stars
A really fresh and funny novel
I was facing spending a very miserable week at home with flu only to be cheered up no end when someone gave me Victoria Routledge's first book. Read more
Published on 7 April 2000
4.0 out of 5 stars
Sometimes a bit TOO close..
Having left university shortly before I read about this book, I waited eagerly for it to come out. Its "plot", all about the love-hate relationships between a group of... Read more
Published on 2 April 2000
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