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Summary: Great book
Review: Best Friends is a great book that has an interesting and unusal storyline. Highly recommended.
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Summary: Did these two characters EVER grow up?
Review: Claire and Sally went from teenagers to 40ish and still had the same issues, still had the same problems, still acted the same, and still treated people and each other the same. THEY NEVER GREW UP. My reading group chose this book and most of us had the same opinion after we read it: Why did the author keep throwing conflicts at the two main characters if she wasn't going to let them learn and change?With so much conflict going on, you'd think one of them would learn something, but with dysfunctional families, embezzlement, pornography, drugs, homosexuality, promiscuity, divorce, suicide, murder, having babies, abandonment, and adultery, these girls manage to stay the same, immature and self centered. Amazing.
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Summary: Where's the fun in this friendship?
Review: Clare flies back and forth to California to see Sally more than she sees her own daughter. The two "best friends" never really seem to mesh. I know that these two bear no resemblance to any best friends I know. Clare is self-centered and boring. Sally is just kind of a wishy washy wimp and has no common sense considering she's supposed to be a brainy lawyer.I about gave up on this book half way through. Now I wish I would have.
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Summary: It was not nearly as bad as many people here think it was
Review: Come on! To begin with, this was the author's first book. I can think of many authors who have made less credible attempts at first novels and have gone on to become well read and respected novelists.
Who ever said protagonists had to be likeable? Both Clare and Sally were multi-dimensional characters, and that's what you want in a good book. I agree that at different times while reading this I found it difficult to like either Clare or Sally. Clare seemed self-absorbed and egotistical for much of the time, only to unexpectedly show us her softer, caring side . I frequently perceived Sally as immature, and for someone who opened a law firm for women, remarkably uninformed of women's issues such as pornography. There are many redeeming qualities in this book, the writer touches on relevant social issues with a great deal of honesty and sensitivity. I would not call this a flimsy book, so if you expected a light hearted beach novel I can see why you would feel disappointed after reading this book.
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Summary: Life's reality emoted quite articulately!
Review: First, title is impressive and makes you buy the book, come on, who doesnt want to 'think' about friends anytime anywhere? :-) Storyline is simple, two girls, complex as in any human, navigate against the tough waters of life in their own way. The novel gives kind of awareness of truth, reality, convictions, conventions, relationships, ethics, and so much to say in a nutshell, Life! The flow of events are quite tricky and it does give a void feeling after the novel is completed. May be thats what truth is all about! This is a serious review on a casual reading book.
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Summary: This Book Stinks
Review: I agree with the reader from Del Ray, Florida -- this book is dreadful. I never warmed to either Clare or Sally. Neither was at all believable, and it seemed as if the author were trying to cram as many life choices as possible into the book -- randomly assigned to one or the other. I could picture the author saying: "Okay, who gets the gay husband?" -- and then striking 2 fingers on the table to see which tingled more. "Middle finger. Okay, that's Sally." This kind of big canvas, random brush strokes approach to writing can work in a short story, I guess, but it totally stinks in a novel.
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Summary: Waste of Time
Review: I also can't believe I finished this book! I couldn't of cared less for any of the characters. It was a big waste of time!
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Summary: Disappointing at best...
Review: I bought this book after some debate in the store, only to discover that my first instincts upon reading the back cover were right. The story never pulled me in and I found myself angry at the fact that the story never seemed to progress beyond its snails' pace and psycho-babble. Unless you like vast amounts of descriptions that really tell you nothing in a novel, I don't suggest wasting your time with this one. Moody seems to have the heart to write and the ability to use big words, but hopefully with later novels, she will refine her gifts and actually create something that will be entertaining as well as "thought-provoking".
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Summary: AWFUL!
Review: I can't imagine what made me pick up this book in the first place, much less actually finish it. It was utterly unbelievable and, as other reviewers mentioned, featured possibly the two least likable characters ever described in print.
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Summary: I loved it
Review: I enjoyed every page of this book.
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