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The Other Significant Others: Reimagining Life with Friendship at the Center by Rhaina Cohen
grumblo's review
3.75
This book both delighted and infuriated me. At times I felt as though I was absolutely not the target audience and it was missing the mark entirely, and other times I was crying as I reflected on my relationships with my own loved ones and how they create new possibilities.
Rather uncritically including a pair of conservative Christian pastors and casually brushing through mentions of conversion therapy was a deeply frustrating section to read, and I really question if it was handled well.
There were rather reductive brush past ideas of polyamory at different points with varying degrees of consistency and I think an underdeveloped sense of what polyamory as a framework can mean.
I got sick after a while of hearing about the lives of DC political, legal, and journalism professionals. Not the entirety of the people interviewed in the book but good lord was it a lot.
Solid book, I’m glad I read it, it annoyed me because it engaged me.
Rather uncritically including a pair of conservative Christian pastors and casually brushing through mentions of conversion therapy was a deeply frustrating section to read, and I really question if it was handled well.
There were rather reductive brush past ideas of polyamory at different points with varying degrees of consistency and I think an underdeveloped sense of what polyamory as a framework can mean.
I got sick after a while of hearing about the lives of DC political, legal, and journalism professionals. Not the entirety of the people interviewed in the book but good lord was it a lot.
Solid book, I’m glad I read it, it annoyed me because it engaged me.
elanorh's review
emotional
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
5.0
Highly recommend, and I think it should be especially helpful for people in their twenties (and possibly thirties) although it's helpful for any age. Lots of different ways to think about creating and nurturing those "soul friend" friendships that are deeper than BFF.
cctucker12's review against another edition
challenging
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.5
ptaradactyl's review against another edition
informative
medium-paced
4.0
It was a very interesting read, and it echoed many of my frustrations with the way the US structured marriage as a legal entity.
My biggest frustration is how it seemed to move so heavily toward dyadic relationships, even when the people involved mentioned a third good friend or made it a point to highlight community. I wanted to celebrate strong relationships, plural, not just relationship, singular
My biggest frustration is how it seemed to move so heavily toward dyadic relationships, even when the people involved mentioned a third good friend or made it a point to highlight community. I wanted to celebrate strong relationships, plural, not just relationship, singular