[Book] Brand new friend, Mike Gayle
I was waiting for my flight to Mexico in Barajas and suddenly realized that I still needed a book to try to make a bit more pleasant the 13-hour flight I was about to take. I was looking for a “light” one, something funny and quickly readable. After looking for a while, I chose Brand new friend, by Mike Gayle.
Mike Gayle writes a kind of chick lit for males (actually for both genders, I would say). In this book, a guy (Rob) is asked by his long-term girlfriend to leave London to live with her in Manchester. Besides having to move, that also means leaving behind his best friend. At this point the book shows how difficult can be to find new friends once you’re past your “university years”. Rob tries to meet new people quite unsuccessfully for a long time, but he eventually finds a friend, who happens to be a “she”. From then on, the book revolves around the question: “Can a man and a woman just be ‘best friends’”?
The book fulfilled my expectations (which were low 
), it was funny and I had already finished reading it when we were flying over New Orleans. Definitely not a life changing book, but a compelling read nonetheless.