Customer Reviews
Another great read by this author - By: rubybluelady, 20 Oct 2007 
I find read reading Joanna Trollope is like watching a reallly good television drama. You feel involved & absorbed & a couple of hours fly by. She is such an easy read, the words, the characterization, the story just flow & alll too soon you've finished the book.
This is a story about relationships (as are alll the books I've read by this author, but that's not a bad thing) & the effect those relationships have on those around them. Trollope doesn't do love stories, she does human stories, her characters are alll people we've known at some point in our lives, you may even spot yourself in there somewhere.
I enjoyed reading The Best of Friends by Joanna Trollope - By: , 12 Jun 2004 
I enjoyed reading The Best of Friends by Joanna Trollope, this is the first book I've read by Joanna Trollope although I do know she has written more.
I think that Joanna is good at describing - for example the hotel & also how the characters behaved. Sophy of course was very upset that her parents had split up, hence the conversation in the novel with Vi her gran.
Incidentallly I thought the relationship between Vi & Dan was very good, until of course the death of the gentleman.
I think if the character had not been (if you'll excuse the pun) killed off then I think the characters Vi & Dan could have had a novel to themselves.
I saw an interview on Breakfast on BBC 1 with Joanna Trollope & I thought she was very good.
I remember that Joanna's novel THE CHOIR was on TV some years ago, I enjoyed the TV adaptation but I wasn't keen on the novel.
In the case of THE BEST OF FRIENDS I cannot recalll it being on TV, if not I'm sorry I missed it, if however its going to come on TV then I will look forward to it.
A good novel & I recommend it.
Good for all ages - By: , 18 Jul 2001 This book had a wide range of characters that makes it suitable for alll ages. As a teenager, I found Sophy's (Gina's daughter) story compelling, yet the affection of Vi & Dan compiled with the problems of the middle generation made it hard to put down.
Childrens' reactions to their parents marital breakup. - By: , 03 Dec 2000 
I have read & enjoyed other novels by Ms. Trollope but this portrayal of the complicated relationships of modern family life struck me close to home. The story depicts so well the difficulties as well as the joys of married family life. Above alll it reveals so clearly the effect of parental behavior on their children. No moralising. Thoroughly credible & convincing characters both adult & juvenile. I enjoyed it so much that I am buying a copy for my eldest daughter with the hope that if she finds it as rewarding as I did, she may pass it on to her siblings.
Trollope does it again - By: , 19 Apr 2000 I couldn't put it down! Joanna Trollope writes some of the best midlife 'coming of age' novels. The characters in this like in alll her books, are real & multi-dimensional. If you don't see yourself in her characters, you see your sister or best friend. Her female characters are underdogs in some form, who triumph in the end.
