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A review by ashleyhorning
Friendship by Emily Gould
I have mixed feelings about this book. I think that's because it is so misleading. The pleasent, purple cover and the happy font they used. Yes this book is about friendship but the entire time I was reading I kept thinking, "I would never" about my friends.
This book is less about life-long friends and is actually about two people who met at their first jobs, one slightly resenting the other before giving in and then refusing to support their friend as the course of life intervenes and their paths begin to go separate ways. For me, the characters were not only unlikeable but also unrelatable.
I will say it was nice to read about characters who were just approaching their thirties for once as I feel a lot of women's fiction (if you will) is mostly around the younger twenties crowd, those right out of college and trying to find themselves. As one who is herself approaching the 30 mark in the next couple of years reading this book made me feel almost better about myself, that my life wasn't in shambles like these two women.
I can't even touch on Sally and that whole plot line though. The apartments, the poor life choices, the men....
I will also say that prior to reading I was unaware of who the author was. Her name rang a bell but I thought I was thinking of Emily Giffin. And then when I was mid-novel and things really got rough I couldn't take it anymore and ending up getting on Goodreads to read reviews-something I always try to avoid until after I'm through with the book. It was only then I found out about Gould's past and then could understand the reason for Amy.
I cannot rate this book as I am still torn over what my final feelings are towards this book. Would I suggest my best friend read it? No.
This book is less about life-long friends and is actually about two people who met at their first jobs, one slightly resenting the other before giving in and then refusing to support their friend as the course of life intervenes and their paths begin to go separate ways. For me, the characters were not only unlikeable but also unrelatable.
I will say it was nice to read about characters who were just approaching their thirties for once as I feel a lot of women's fiction (if you will) is mostly around the younger twenties crowd, those right out of college and trying to find themselves. As one who is herself approaching the 30 mark in the next couple of years reading this book made me feel almost better about myself, that my life wasn't in shambles like these two women.
I can't even touch on Sally and that whole plot line though. The apartments, the poor life choices, the men....
I will also say that prior to reading I was unaware of who the author was. Her name rang a bell but I thought I was thinking of Emily Giffin. And then when I was mid-novel and things really got rough I couldn't take it anymore and ending up getting on Goodreads to read reviews-something I always try to avoid until after I'm through with the book. It was only then I found out about Gould's past and then could understand the reason for Amy.
I cannot rate this book as I am still torn over what my final feelings are towards this book. Would I suggest my best friend read it? No.