Plan B by Jonathan Tropper

There's definitely a lot to like about this book.  It's a story about five college friends who have turned thirty and found out that their lives are not where they expected.  The main character, Ben, is in the middle of a divorce with his wife, Sarah.  Lindsey, whom Ben has loved since college, is a temp worker whose life lacks anything permanent, carrying over to her relationships.  Alison has put her personal life on hold for ten years, since she's been in love with Jack the whole time, who is now a big-shot movie star with a serious coke addition.  Chuck is still the class clown whom none of the friends take seriously, although he is currently a highly respected doctor.

The characters are complex but likable, and a story that could be full of clichés has only one or two to hold it up.  The writing style draws the reader in and keeps the reader zigzagging between sympathy for the characters and laughter at their crazy antics.

***SPOILER ALERT***
There's only one part of the book that made me go: "Whaaaat?"  One of the main characters is a player, who picks up random women from bars for one-night stands.  One of the women he picks up lies about her age - she is still in high school and under 18 years old.  Ben, the main character, finds out about this and chooses not to tell anyone about what he has found out.  I kept on waiting for consequences for the characters because of this statuary rape, but nothing happens in the book - the characters just keep on doing their thing, and this part of the storyline goes nowhere.  So it left me with a bit of an icky feeling.  This isn't the only instance when the main characters do something highly illegal in the book that turns out "all right" in the end, so it left me with the idea of a pattern of "do anything and it'll be okay." I wasn't too keep on that part of the story.
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Other than that, I enjoyed the book and would probably pick up another one from Jonathan Tropper.