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A review by sarahc1215
Friendship by Emily Gould
1.0
The gist of it: Amy and Bev are too early thirty-somethings trying to make it in new york. Amy comes from a background of wealth, flirted with internet fame and fell from glory into an overpriced apartment with an emotionally unavailable boyfriend. Bev comes from an uber religious family in the midwest, is struggling to make her student loan payments for an MFA program she didn't complete, lives with a bunch of disgusting roommates and goes from low-paying job to low-paying job while hoping to get her 'big break' as an author. Throw a one-night stand and a pregnancy into a mix, add an unlikely, infertile couple, and bam...you have one of the worst books I've ever read.
My reaction: Amy and Bev are both vapid and narcissistic. Even pregnancy and motherhood seem to be selfish acts--capstone projects for women, if you will, without much thought to the actual responsibility of caring for and rearing another human being. It's all about what the pregnancy/baby do for the women--instill wisdom, provide a healthy glow, etc.
My reaction: Amy and Bev are both vapid and narcissistic. Even pregnancy and motherhood seem to be selfish acts--capstone projects for women, if you will, without much thought to the actual responsibility of caring for and rearing another human being. It's all about what the pregnancy/baby do for the women--instill wisdom, provide a healthy glow, etc.