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Friendship in the Age of Loneliness: An Optimist's Guide to Connection
by Adam Smiley Poswolsky
Overall, I really enjoyed this book - a very nice reminder that friendships often require effort, and that relationships with friends are often just as important as relationships with partners.
There are a lot of great tips mentioned, a few useful ones being, “Do An Emotional Bandwidth Check” and “Don’t Ask, Just Help”. I did appreciate how Adam did mention to address race and gender whenever a topic was relevant to those issues.
I think it’s important to mention that this book does have a bit more of an extrovert vibe - a lot of the tips were things I felt I would be annoyed with if someone did them to me (such as calling friends without any kind of warning). I also thought that there were times that the language in the book did feel a bit silly and childish, but it wasn’t always deterring as the overall tone of the book was hopeful and positive.
Overall, would rate a solid 4/5!
There are a lot of great tips mentioned, a few useful ones being, “Do An Emotional Bandwidth Check” and “Don’t Ask, Just Help”. I did appreciate how Adam did mention to address race and gender whenever a topic was relevant to those issues.
I think it’s important to mention that this book does have a bit more of an extrovert vibe - a lot of the tips were things I felt I would be annoyed with if someone did them to me (such as calling friends without any kind of warning). I also thought that there were times that the language in the book did feel a bit silly and childish, but it wasn’t always deterring as the overall tone of the book was hopeful and positive.
Overall, would rate a solid 4/5!