A friend of mine (J) and I were discussing books and authors we both enjoy. I had told her I liked Ms. Weiner's Good in Bed (about a woman who breaks up with her boyfriend, sleeps with him once she realizes he did understand her better than she originally thought, and ends up pregnant with his, while he doesn't seem to care... Good in Bed is reference to the title of the column he writes for a magazine). I didn't particularly enjoy the sequal to the book Certain Girls because she killed off one of my favorite characters for almost no reason (in my mind). So, onto Best Friends Forever.
I thought this book was alright. It is the story of two women who were best friends growing up, but then drift apart their senior year due to one of them being popular and the other one can't keep up. Sound familiar? There are several stories about this, nothing new. Everybody can even probably picture some friends of theirs like this when they are in high school. At any rate, the girl who was more popular and basically dumped her best friend shows up on the night of their ten year high school reunion asking for help. The author is trying to go for a mystery in this book, tellling the story from three different perspectives: the dumped friend (who was fat in high school but isn't anymore*), the man who was run over by a car (from the beautiful best friend who is popular), and the detective trying to solve what happened based off the evidence at the scene of the crime.
Again, the story is fine. It definitely isn't my favorite of hers; I probably wouldn't re-read it. At the same time, I am also not upset I read it (as I have been by several of the other books I've read this year). All in all, I'd give this book an "eh" rating. If you have nothing else to read, and you like Jennifer Weiner books, read it. It isn't bad, just not my favorite.
*Most of the heroines in Jennifer Weiner books tend to be girls who are either overweight, or used to be overweight.
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