Rich and Pretty

Maybe it was meant to be insightful and deep, but it sounded artificial and stiff instead.

Author Rumaan Alam is a homosexual writing about young female friendship being read by a hetero dad. This should not work. It reads like a Millennial version of the Neapolitan novels. God I'm not really selling this am I? But I enjoyed the read.

Sarah is the rich daughter of a Rumsfield-esque statesmen and is looking forward to getting married. Lauren is the pretty childhood friend who finds Sarah's fiancé to be boring but is tasked with maid of honour duties including the getaway bachelorette.

Nothing really happens though. There's no dead bridesmaid at the bachelorette, no last minute infidelities, dying parent, financial meltdown. It's just the ups and downs of two lifelong female friends as they navigate those tiny things we all do with the friends we've developed a shorthand with. The knowledge of how arguments will grow and subside. The nostalgia of a friendship. At 20 remembering being excited 16 year olds. At 24 remembering being college freshmen. That relationship you really wished could have worked out for your friend.

And then seeing how it's going to change yet again with one of you marrying. The inevitable kids, the changing priorities. It's a quiet book filled with insightful tiny moments.