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A review by simoneandherbooks
Friendship by Emily Gould
1.0
I'm sorely disappointed in this book. When I first read about it, I thought it was going to be about the struggles of life and how they contributed to the friendship of two people. But, to me, the book read like two girls whining about how life sucks.
I could have told you that life sucks. I've lived it and I was in the same age range as Bev and Amy in the novel. Yet, my friendships are more complicated than the superficial issues of these two ladies. Mine were existential, psychological, philosophical, and omnipresent. These girls seemed to use any petty issue happening to them to use as a way to get out of the friendship. It was like they were already bored of each other. One leaning on the other for any good reason at all and it was just underdeveloped and trite. And it was only 255 pages! I'm pretty sure there was room for editing to add in more than just ego getting in the way of survival.
I could have told you that life sucks. I've lived it and I was in the same age range as Bev and Amy in the novel. Yet, my friendships are more complicated than the superficial issues of these two ladies. Mine were existential, psychological, philosophical, and omnipresent. These girls seemed to use any petty issue happening to them to use as a way to get out of the friendship. It was like they were already bored of each other. One leaning on the other for any good reason at all and it was just underdeveloped and trite. And it was only 255 pages! I'm pretty sure there was room for editing to add in more than just ego getting in the way of survival.