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The Other Significant Others: Reimagining Life with Friendship at the Center by Rhaina Cohen

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katmystery's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

This challenges society's perception that life should be centered around a romantic relationship and, instead, illustrates how friendship can serve the same purpose. A person can build their life around a platonic partner or a group of friends, which often offers better support because it does not require someone to expect every emotional need to be fulfilled by just one person; romantic relationships are not inherently more important or powerful than platonic ones. Each chapter focuses on a different pair or group of friends. It was emotionally heavy to read, but I learned a lot, and it changed how I think about the close friends in my life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Cancer, Child death, Suicide, and Homophobia