Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Ware vriendschap: hoe we onze dierbaarste vriendschappen vasthouden by Ann Friedman, Aminatou Sow

17 reviews

bookishmillennial's review against another edition

hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

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I buddy read half of this with @borrowedbyaudrey (IG) and I'm really glad I read it! 

As a 33-year-old who is still reeling from friendship breakups, miscommunications, and hurt feelings over past para-social and offline friendships, I found this book incredibly informative, forcing me to reflect on my own connections and my role in them. I think anyone, at any age, could benefit from reading this and learning about how little research there is in friendship, and how little value society places in platonic connections. I had such a lovely, pensive time reading this and highly recommend it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, and Racism

Moderate: Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Medical content, Death of parent, and Deportation

mfrisk's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

3.5

I felt like this book had a lot of great information about different friendship theories but many of the ideas didn’t come together for me until the very last chapter. I felt like the lead up to them discussing just one friendship albeit one I didn’t know about ahead of time was interesting at times to hear about but at times the book felt very dense and I almost wish they’d talked more about the other friendships in their life more to provide a bit more variety of discussions around this topic. That being said it’s an interesting read for those wanting to read more about friendship and how to prioritize it in your life. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness and Toxic relationship

sareeta's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Racism, and Abandonment

alexandramiller's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

This provoked a lot of thoughts, the chief of which was how much I love my friends 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Drug use, Racial slurs, Medical content, Grief, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Deportation

akswhy's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

1.0

A largely self-indulgent book on the part of the authors, who tell us in no uncertain terms that they have largely been putting on a front for their wildly popular “we’re best friends!!!” podcast? Every once in a while they throw in a quote from a sociologist or researcher, but I wish that was a larger focus of the book. Instead, they rehash  their relationship in hopes that it will be relatable to their audience. It’s not.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Chronic illness

maddiearthur's review against another edition

emotional reflective

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness and Racism

Moderate: Cancer

kailey_reads's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness

maggies's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Loved loved loved Aminatou and Ann's storytelling and perspective on enduring, soulmate-like friendship. Should be read by any who aspire to friendship of any kind.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Mental illness, and Racism

Minor: Cancer, Fatphobia, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Medical content, and Toxic friendship

amykwrites's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs

Moderate: Racism and Sexual harassment

Minor: Cancer, Chronic illness, Drug use, and Death of parent

cheye13's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Misogyny, and Racism

Moderate: Sexual harassment

Minor: Racial slurs, Medical content, and Death of parent