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B.F.F.: A Memoir of Friendship Lost and Found by Christie Tate
7 reviews
torinyg's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
funny
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Eating disorder, Grief, Toxic friendship, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Body shaming, and Death
Moderate: Alcoholism and Bullying
hecubatohim's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Self harm
Moderate: Mental illness, Eating disorder, Cancer, Grief, Terminal illness, Pandemic/Epidemic, Blood, and Death
Minor: Alcoholism
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.
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.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Cancer, Self harm, Alcoholism, and Eating disorder
lea_fox's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
3.0
I feel like I enjoyed this one less than Group but it was still an interesting journey. Maybe it came across a little too white privileged at times (strong middle class America vibes) but I could relate to her struggles and be compassionate. Losing a friend to cancer is so tough — we can all relate to that.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Eating disorder, Addiction, Death, Terminal illness, and Alcoholism
aprilthelibrarian's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
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.
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.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Terminal illness, Cancer, Self harm, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Death, Grief, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship
readingwithtrey's review against another edition
challenging
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ARC Review || B.F.F. A Memoir of Friendship Lost & Found
“It’s okay as long as you keep writing. Always write about the mess.”
While this book wasn’t what I thought, to be honest I’m not 100% sure what I was expecting. It turned out to be kind of sad, though. I really commend Christie for her honesty and self awareness. She worked hard to build and repair relationships with the women around her, starting with herself. I think that takes a special part of you to address inner issues that impede your relationships, and I was definitely rooting for her.
I could relate to finding true lasting friendships and community in adulthood and the positive impact they have on your life.
This was a pretty slow read, and wasn’t as much of a page turner as group. But I don’t like to rate memoirs as this is someone else’s lived reality.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Cancer
Minor: Addiction and Alcoholism
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