Jennifer Weiner

a novel

Best friends forever

Lauren Grey

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I had always heard good things about Jennifer Weiner and just now got around to reading one of her books. I was excited to start it, but was a little nervous after reading a bunch of really mixed reviews, but I am happy to say she didn’t disappoint.

I was a bit skeptical about the plot and where it would go at first. I figured it was just a book about two friends rekindling their relationship that begins with the event described on the back of the book, but I loved how there was so much more going on underneath that she snuck in there through the flashbacks showing how their lives had gotten the point that they were at.

Honestly, I didn’t like it at first. I felt it was a bit slow and the flashbacks at the beginning were quite lengthy, but once the detective entered the picture and it became a little mystery (even though we already know what happens) I felt the pace picked up after that and then I couldn’t quit reading.

Jordan and Jon were two fun little surprises. From the beginning I wasn’t so sure about Jon, the brother. In the beginning flashbacks he was cocky and kind of mean, but once he has his accident you begin to feel for the whole family. He was just a teenager and no matter how he treated his family, no one deserves that. Reading about how he was basically a different was really heartbreaking, but I loved the flipside about how the whole family chipped in and continued to lean on one another. Jordan, on the other hand, I’m still not sure how I feel about him. I love a little romance intertwined in a story, but that’s not really what happened. I found to be a little pathetic in the beginning. I felt for him and his story, but at some point you have to pull yourself together.

Any teenage girl has most likely gone through something similar to what these girls did, even if it wasn’t as extreme… I know I have. I liked how you could somewhat relate to the situation of a friendship ending and the possibility of reconnecting.

THE FOLLOWING PART OF THE REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS!!!

Once I got to the ending I was satisfied. I wasn’t so sure about the pregnancy, but the way it was played was perfect! She never felt she would be able to have any of that and then after her married-man leaves her, she really feels lost, lonely, and desperate just for a relationship, to take care of someone, for someone to want her… who doesn’t want that. Even though I think Jordan has a ways to come, I am glad that she chose to give him a shot. It makes the romantic in me happy!

Overall give this book a chance. It was my first Jennifer Weiner novel and will be for sure checking out another!

Allyson Marrs

A bit more surfacey than I expected. Addie's back story could have been developed further because it had all the makings for heartbreak, but it wasn't explored enough. Didn't hate it, though, but didn't love it.

Jennifer Weiner, author of Good in Bed,In Her Shoes and the forthcoming Who DoYou Love, explores the nuances of female friendship with relish... 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 start of a wild adventure for two women joined by love and history who find strength together that they could not find alone.

Best Friends Forever

Kourtney

This book just wasn't for me. I could not connect to any of the characters. I found the ending to be so creepy and pathetic that it made me mad that I read through to that. Everything was wrapped up a little too neatly. I know it is fiction, but I'm not into fantasy stories.

Best friends forever a novel

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