Reviews - Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close

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Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close

Aminatou Sow, Ann Friedman

3.85 AVERAGE

kamwalsh's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

I really appreciated how this placed friendships as equal to romantic relationships, and that they may have similar patterns. It really helped me to recognize a tumultuous friendship that I have and how maybe I do need to treat it like a romantic relationship to be able to see where it’s going.

ciiku's review against another edition

slow-paced

I think this book favours those who have listened to the podcast. In a space where not many books are written about friendships, it is a welcome addition especially the chapters/places they discuss what psychologists/sociologists have done work on.

lizziechapstik's review

3.5

emotional reflective medium-paced

maddiearthur's review against another edition

3.75

emotional reflective

Content Warnings

charlin's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

timebomb_reads's review

4.0

hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

tielqueen's review

4.0

I thought I wouldn’t like this book because I hate when a book gets marketed as one thing and then it’s entirely different. I hadn’t listened to the call your girlfriend podcast before reading this, so I was worried I wouldn’t be that invested in the story. But I found it really nice to read a whole book about the friendship of 2 real women!! just them hanging out and being honest about how close they were to losing their friendship but going to couples therapy (whoa emotionally focused therapy seems cool) together to make it work!
lots of little examples of how you can stay close with friends who are not physically with you, and reframing advice about romantic relationships to apply to friendships

lenina's review against another edition

4.0

informative inspiring medium-paced

ameliareadit's review

2.5

lighthearted

hannahodell's review

5.0

This is the friendship compass. The hill I will die on is that friendship has been the one relationship in my life that has kept me from breaking all my bones under the weight of the world. I cried at the end because “I don’t shine if you don’t shine.”

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