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Best Friends Forever: A Novel |  | Author: Jennifer Weiner
Publisher: Atria
Category: eBooks
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Rating:  182 reviews
Sales Rank: 219
Format: Kindle Book
Media: Kindle Edition
Edition: First
Pages: 368
Number Of Items: 1
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
ASIN: B002ENBLOK
Publication Date: June 25, 2009
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Product Description
Jennifer Weiner's newest novel, BEST FRIENDS FOREVER, depicts the nuances of female friendship with her incomparable humor and heart.
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 A great book September 3, 2010
Julie Anne Black (Seattle, WA United States)
Weiner does a great job putting the ups and downs of friemdship in a fun and surprising tale.
 didn't feel as real as her better work August 27, 2010
cheryl1213
I was waivering between two and three stars...but some of "present day" Val's actions pushed me lower.
I like characters more than plot and I like characters with texture. I don't need to LIKE the character or relate directly to them, but I want to feel like they are real and understandable. I've felt that in some of Weiner's prior novels and it is why she's one of my picks when I'm in a chick-lit mood. I didn't feel that here and it detracted a lot from my enjoyment.
 Lame. August 22, 2010
S. Rippe (Dallas)
In the past when I read Jennifer Weiner's books, I would read them slowly, trying to draw them out until the last possible second. I savored each phrase in her story telling and didn't want it to end. But this book? I can say there were parts of it I completely skimmed. I didn't even want to finish it, and when I did, I asked myself why I did.
Boring, depressing, gross (all I have to say is the redundant Nighty-Night show story line) this book wasn't worth my time OR my money.
And it made me wonder why I even bother with this author anymore.
What happened to the Jennifer Weiner of old? August 16, 2010
QueenB (Middle Tennessee)
I was highly disappointed in this book. I've loved just about everything I've read from Ms. Weiner so my dislike of this book was rather shocking.
The first few chapters were interesting so I continued to read, or rather I continued to trudge on. I did not like the character Valerie at all. Valerie's relationship with Addie was believable as children but as adults the relationship seemed forced and artificial. Nothing much was believable in any of the characters or the situations they were in. Do police officers *really* act the way Jordan did? What about Dan Swansea? It really seemed like the characters, most of them, lived in a disturbing parallel universe where things weren't quite normal or any semblance of normalcy.
I will continue to read books by Ms. Weiner only because she has a great track record save for this book. The only reason I gave this book 2 stars as opposed to 1 star is because I did finish it.
Would I recommend? Sadly, no.
Disappointing August 13, 2010
Mrs. K (Washington)
The description looked interesting, and it started out well, but then- I kept thinking, "...what is this, oh- a patiently crafted 'friends caught up in a crazy revenge-crime saga' that is really kind of just a fantasy world designed to carefully couch the reasons for cheating on a spouse in reasonable and forgivable circumstances." After further reading (I did finish it) I'm pretty sure that is at least a really large part of it. The same for other character flaws, all forgiven and coddled in the perky personality of the "best friend," or in the tragedy of the protagonist's so sad past. (She grew up fat and teased, finally decides to diet and exercise in her 30's and loses the weight- which also bothered me because it assumes that overweight people just need to buck up and exercise and dump the massive amounts of "cakes and pies" they eat apparently, and I've seen that this is definitely not often true! What an insult to people who struggle with weight.) Maybe her readers need reassurance that they are not so bad when they cheat on their spouse, cheat with someone else's spouse, or act like a selfish fool. Maybe also, they don't wish to subscribe to the thought that "two wrongs don't make a right" because conveniently, in this story, all turns out well for these two, despite extremely selfish behavior patterns. Ah, the tricks of fiction. Didn't ring true or real. It was not even original: crazy girl's road trip? I think that one might be getting old. It was disappointing, not heartwarming, not insightful, and boringly disturbing. I don't recommend it.
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