Monday, August 17, 2009

Best Friends Forever by Jennifer Weiner


Best Friends Forever is different from Weiners other novels. It is more contemporary fiction for women rather than her laugh out loud chick-lit.


The character development is amazing, well thought out and deep. The story line is strong and has flashbacks from the past giving a better understanding of the characters, who they were, who they are and who they are about to become.


As well written as this novel it just isn't, Weiners best work. It lacks her usual wit, sense of humor and unique style.



Grade: A-



Synopsis
Some bonds can never be broken...
Addie Downs and Valerie Adler will be best friends forever. That's what Addie believes after Valerie moves across the street when they're both nine years old. But in the wake of betrayal during their teenage years, Val is swept into the popular crowd, while mousy, sullen Addie becomes her school's scapegoat.
Flash-forward fifteen years. Valerie Adler has found a measure of fame and fortune working as the weathergirl at the local TV station. Addie Downs lives alone in her parents' house in their small hometown of La Prairie, Illinois, caring for a troubled brother and trying to meet Prince Charming on the Internet. She's just returned from Bad Date #6, when she opens her door to find her long-gone best friend standing there, with a terrified look on her face and blood on the sleeve of her coat. "Something horrible has happened," Val tells Addie,...

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