Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close by Aminatou Sow, Ann Friedman

15 reviews

sareeta's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Chronic illness, and Racism

alexandramiller's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

This provoked a lot of thoughts, the chief of which was how much I love my friends 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Deportation, Grief, Drug use, Cancer, Toxic friendship, Racial slurs, Medical content, and Chronic illness

akswhy's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

1.0

A largely self-indulgent book on the part of the authors, who tell us in no uncertain terms that they have largely been putting on a front for their wildly popular “we’re best friends!!!” podcast? Every once in a while they throw in a quote from a sociologist or researcher, but I wish that was a larger focus of the book. Instead, they rehash  their relationship in hopes that it will be relatable to their audience. It’s not.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Chronic illness

maddiearthur's review against another edition

emotional reflective

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Chronic illness

Moderate: Cancer

kailey_reads's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness

maggies's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Loved loved loved Aminatou and Ann's storytelling and perspective on enduring, soulmate-like friendship. Should be read by any who aspire to friendship of any kind.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Chronic illness, and Mental illness

Minor: Toxic relationship, Cancer, Racial slurs, Medical content, Toxic friendship, and Fatphobia

amykwrites's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs

Moderate: Racism and Sexual harassment

Minor: Death of parent, Cancer, Chronic illness, and Drug use

cheye13's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Chronic illness, and Racism

Moderate: Sexual harassment

Minor: Medical content, Racial slurs, and Death of parent

trycerabel's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

3.25

About maintaining friendships despite  slowly falling apart over time. I read bc i listen to their podcast

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Content Warnings

Minor: Chronic illness

hermithebs's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Chronic illness, Cancer, Racism, and Xenophobia