A review by kbrsuperstar
Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make and Keep Friends by Marisa G. Franco

Did not finish book. Stopped at 50%.

The endless anecdotes were grating and not helpful (why would I empathize with someone who faked having celiac disease for years???) but I thought it would improve when it got to the part about strategies to make new friends but this made me give up immediately:

People overcome their anxiety by repeatedly exposing themselves to their fears and coming to realize that the lion they feared is actually a Shih Tzu with a shadow. When you no longer avoid that which you fear, eventually the anxiety dissipates, but consistent avoidance crystallizes the fear. 

OH WOW THANKS MY LIFELONG ANXIETY IS CURED