A review by lisagfrederick
The Scenic Route by Binnie Kirshenbaum

4.0

This is my kind of summer reading: just light enough, just dreamy enough, yet it has teeth. It moves effortlessly between the main character's impromptu road trip through Europe with an American expat she's just met, and flashbacks that carry her from childhood to a recent (and permanent) falling out with her closest friend. My one quibble is that it starts feeling a little rushed in its last chapters. Still, it's a beautiful journey, and although you can foresee the inevitable ending well before it happens, it's no less heartbreaking when it does.