Review: Best Friends and Bastards
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 11, 2012
Best Friends and Bastards is a delightful read about relationships of all kinds impacting our daily lives. Ms.Byrne shares how relationships with family, friends, fools, etc. shape our personality.  Best Friends and Bastards focus on how we respond/react in these relationships and how it often influence how we view ourselves. Her  characters are realistic and easy to connect with, settings are acceptable and the story elements were developed and touched all the sensory points maintaining the readers interest. There are plenty of situations occurring within the story's relationships mirroring the hectic, real life of the 21st century. The main and minor characters behavior and dialogue were expressive without going over the top with profanity and sensual activities and I enjoyed that aspect. Ms. Byrne's use inference in her writing style throughout the story allowing readers to use their prior experiences to connect with the book. I think Best Friends and Bastards is a nice book for a week-end of necessary "down-time" with three highly valued best friends: "me, myself and I.