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sea_tea_books's review
1.0
I started off genuinely curious what this book was about. Quite early on it felt like a brag book, and the tone didn't improve from there.
Overall, I found this book to be contradictory, with the author preaching advice while claiming to not follow her own rules of friendship. The author provided many pieces of advice on how a proper friend should behave, yet the author says she ghosted a friend in need and was confused about why so many of her friendships have crash landed or failed to take off.
I also cringed at the systematic categorizing of human beings into friendship roles based on how each person is useful or beneficial to the author. This doesn't jive with me because I believe humans are complex and dynamic, relationships are nuanced, and friendship is a working relationship that requires boundaries, kindness, and compromise by both parties.
Overall, I found this book to be contradictory, with the author preaching advice while claiming to not follow her own rules of friendship. The author provided many pieces of advice on how a proper friend should behave, yet the author says she ghosted a friend in need and was confused about why so many of her friendships have crash landed or failed to take off.
I also cringed at the systematic categorizing of human beings into friendship roles based on how each person is useful or beneficial to the author. This doesn't jive with me because I believe humans are complex and dynamic, relationships are nuanced, and friendship is a working relationship that requires boundaries, kindness, and compromise by both parties.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Abandonment
Minor: Grief and Death
kshertz's review
informative
lighthearted
fast-paced
3.0
A friend gave me this book and I was like.. dang.. message received. I am definitely a yes friend by these standards. There’s some great advice in here. I think it’s for middle to high class white women who have kids so there’s actually a lot I couldn’t relate to. Some of her stories made me not really like her as a person. But I think if you fit into that niche group, you’d love this book!
Content Warnings
Minor: Bullying, Death, Toxic friendship, and Pregnancy
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