Four Friends

This was my first Robin Carr book. Honestly I can't see myself reading another one. I was Bored. With a capital B. Couldn't wait for it to end - I was yelling at the last 15 pages for the characters to stop talking. Who talks like that in real life? No one I know that's for sure. It was too perfect. The characters never talked or for that matter argued over one another. And the anger. Geez, the anger directed at the men of the book was so over the top it was ridiculous.

The multiple plots might have been ok had they not contained almost every possible social issue out there. If was like reading a cross between a “very special” episode of a sitcom (minus even the hit of humor) and an episode of your favorite issues oriented talk show. Drugs/alcohol use with teens? Check. Husbands who cheats? Check. Mental illness? Check. Abuse? Check. Homophobia? Check. I think the only current events type issue missing was bullying - though I'm sure that was just a simple oversight on the part of the author.

Maybe if you're a huge fan of Carr, you might like this one. Otherwise, I'd skip it.