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Book Review: Best Friends Forever by Jennifer Weiner

June 20, 2014

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Best Friends Forever by Jennifer Weiner
July 2009, Atria Books
Pages: 368

Synopsis from Goodreads: One of the nation’s most beloved and successful writers of women’s fiction, Jennifer Weiner has become a literary phenomenon with millions of copies of her books in print. Her latest work, Best Friends Forever will delight fans and critics alike, following the ups and downs of a long-time friendship between two young girls who grow up to be two very different women. Addie Downs and Valerie Adler were eight when they first met and decided to be best friends forever. But, in the wake of tragedy and betrayal during their teenage years, everything changed. Val went on to fame and fortune. Addie stayed behind in their small Midwestern town. Destiny, however, had more in store for these two. And when, twenty-five years later, Val shows up at Addie’s front door with blood on her coat and terror on her face, it is the beginning of a wild adventure for two women joined by love and history who find strength together that they could not find alone.




My Thoughts: I love the Jennifer Weiner novels I’ve read in the past, but this one fell a little short. I’m not sure why exactly, but the only word that comes to mind to describe this book would be “silly.” It started out so “silly” that I thought it was going to be a comedy. Maybe it was? It was just really hard to take seriously. It was an extremely light read – descent for a lazy beach or pool day. It made me laugh a lot, but it was also a bit ridiculous at times. Obviously not everything I read is deep, I enjoy light-hearted books, but this one was almost too ridiculous, even for me. I hate it because I really love Jennifer Weiner’s other novels, but this one just wasn’t good. I gave it 3 stars.


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5 Comments / Filed In: Books, Uncategorized
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  1. Brenda D Priddy says

    June 20, 2014 at 2:13 pm

    Awww, I'm always disappointed when a book I think I will really like doesn't turn out!

    Reply
  2. Nancy @ Neatly-Packaged says

    June 20, 2014 at 5:20 pm

    Loved your honest review! 🙂 Thank you for sharing!

    http://neatly-packaged.blogspot.com/

    Reply
  3. Erin says

    June 20, 2014 at 11:13 pm

    Thank you for sharing! I'm always in search of a new book and I love to hear opinions before I buy.

    Reply
  4. Jo Lane says

    June 21, 2014 at 4:34 pm

    I agree, It wasn't one of her best books, but it would be a good book to take to the beach.

    Reply
  5. Blogger Ash says

    June 22, 2014 at 11:34 pm

    I've had this on my book shelf forever! I still haven't gotten to it.

    ~Ashley @ A Cute Angle
    acutelifestyle.blogspot.com

    Reply

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