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Friendshipping: The Art of Finding Friends, Being Friends, and Keeping Friends by Jenn Bane, Trin Garritano
1 review
mezzano's review
hopeful
informative
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
3.0
Inclusive and light-hearted, this self-help book surrounding friendships is catered perfectly to the Millennial audience. What Friendshipping: The Art of Finding Friends, Being Friends, and Keeping Friends lacks in depth, it makes up for in its uplifting and hopeful message. With practice, patience, and some self reflection, everyone can form meaningful friendships in adulthood.
Trin Pierse and Jenn Bane started off as co-workers who became friends. Their podcast (which has the same name as their book) is centered around promoting and nurturing adult relationships. It's natural that those who listen to the podcast will become interested in Friendshipping. As an individual who was unaware of Pierse and Bane's works before receiving a copy of the book through NetGalley, the book is also fine as a stand alone piece. Anyone who finds self-help books informative and useful (and are looking for new friendships) will likely find something useful or validating inside Friendshipping.
While reading, I appreciated the question answer approach to their friendship advice prompts, and also loved their message of inclusivity and acceptance. What holds this book back from a higher rating is because their information is broad but not very deep. Much of the advice boils down to simple suggestions, rather than any in depth guidance. This means a lot of the advice can come across to many readers as common sense. I would much rather have a book advocate for therapy and counseling to solve deeper rooted issues than pretend that they are capable of changing peoples' lives. This said, there were definitely parts of the book where I wondered what happens if someone is already doing everything they have suggested, but still feel left out.
Trin Pierse and Jenn Bane started off as co-workers who became friends. Their podcast (which has the same name as their book) is centered around promoting and nurturing adult relationships. It's natural that those who listen to the podcast will become interested in Friendshipping. As an individual who was unaware of Pierse and Bane's works before receiving a copy of the book through NetGalley, the book is also fine as a stand alone piece. Anyone who finds self-help books informative and useful (and are looking for new friendships) will likely find something useful or validating inside Friendshipping.
While reading, I appreciated the question answer approach to their friendship advice prompts, and also loved their message of inclusivity and acceptance. What holds this book back from a higher rating is because their information is broad but not very deep. Much of the advice boils down to simple suggestions, rather than any in depth guidance. This means a lot of the advice can come across to many readers as common sense. I would much rather have a book advocate for therapy and counseling to solve deeper rooted issues than pretend that they are capable of changing peoples' lives. This said, there were definitely parts of the book where I wondered what happens if someone is already doing everything they have suggested, but still feel left out.
Content Warnings
Minor: Toxic relationship, Racism, and Mental illness
Content warnings are for the topics discussed, and not the book's poor handling of content. The content discussed in the book was inclusive and challenged harmful ideas and actions.
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