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B.F.F.: A Memoir of Friendship Lost and Found by Christie Tate

11 reviews

hecubatohim's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

Moderate: Mental illness, Eating disorder, Cancer, Grief, Terminal illness, Pandemic/Epidemic, Blood, and Death

Minor: Alcoholism

kharcourt's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Self harm, and Grief

apoppyinthewind's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

4.0

Heads up this book discusses mental health, alcoholism, disordered eating, cancer, grief, self harm, and death. So yeah, if you’re not in the headspace to read about those things you might want to give it a pass for now.

It was interesting and vulnerable book about friendships that focused on the author’s personal struggles. It acknowledges and discusses the reality on when friendships fall to the wayside or break apart. This is not a side of friendship that’s widely discussed so I appreciate that author shared her own experiences.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Self harm, Alcoholism, and Eating disorder

itsmemarissag's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Self harm

amressing's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

3.75

I thought BFF was an emotional journey and I enjoyed Tate’s reflection on friendship and her journey to be more self aware.  It is difficult to identify with the white upper-middle class problems that come up, and I think many people could get something out of reading about problems with friends.  This book is very readable and I found myself getting very emotional at the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Cancer, and Death

ylimeread's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

2.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Death, and Cancer

theoceanrose's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm, Death, and Cancer

Minor: Drug use, Mental illness, and Alcohol

aprilthelibrarian's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Cancer, and Death

Moderate: Self harm and Alcoholism

Minor: Infertility

savvylit's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

B.F.F. is an intimate memoir about Christie Tate's female friendships throughout her life. With searing honesty, Tate examines how her own insecurities and flaws ended many of those friendships. With the help of therapy and a very dear friend named Meredith, Tate is able to get to the bottom of her struggles to stay connected to the women that she's loved. B.F.F. ultimately becomes an ode to Meredith and her efforts to help Tate heal herself.

This memoir is well-written and honest. Ultimately, though, it just was not for me. B.F.F. is rooted in the culture of middle-class, white Gen X women -- that's clearly the target audience. I think some of the points that Tate makes that attempt to be relatable and/or humorous fell flat for me as someone who was a teenager about twenty years after Tate had been. Additionally, this memoir was so focused on Tate's flaws and how she self-sabotaged that I was hoping for a little more evidence of how she'd developed/changed on this decades-long journey of healing and self-discovery regarding her role in her female friendships. There's surprisingly very little of that and it's not until the end of this book.

Many thanks to @avidreaderpress for the advanced copy in exchange for my honest review! All thoughts and opinions are my own.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Cancer, Self harm, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Death, Grief, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

arireadsitall's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.75

This was so much more than just a book about friendships. It was a deep dive into why we need friends and who comes into our lives (or leaves) at the right time. It was very self aware and I appreciated that. It made me think about my friendships and the ones that I still have in my corner! This one comes out next Tuesday 2/7! Thank you Avid Reader Press for the advanced copy 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Cancer, and Mental illness