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Friendship in the Age of Loneliness

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I enjoyed how this book reminded me that friendships are important and take work, just as do romantic relationships. It actually caused me to reflect a lot on my own willingness to be vulnerable and open and what I need to work on in that department.
Each chapter provided a tip for beginning, growing, or maintaining friendships. Some tips seemed a little "out there" to me...but maybe that's just my own insecurities talking! Overall I found the tips very doable and helpful.
This will definitely be a book that I buy a physical copy of when it is published so that I can read parts over again and share it with my own friends!

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I have read the book in one sitting and it really inspired me to think about my own friendships but also reflect on how friendships are created, maintained and how they flourish. I enjoyed that most of the books were a collection of real life examples and it will definitely encourage me to focus on other areas of where I can use them. I also enjoyed that many of the points were backed up by statistics and evidence showing how unconnected were becoming as a society.

Overall the book brought on feelings of hope, positivity and helped me reflect on important things in life which can sometimes be easy to forget.

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Overall, I really enjoyed this book - a very nice reminder that friendships often require effort, and that relationships with friends are often just as important as relationships with partners.

There are a lot of great tips mentioned, a few useful ones being, “Do An Emotional Bandwidth Check” and “Don’t Ask, Just Help”. I did appreciate how Adam did mention to address race and gender whenever a topic was relevant to those issues.

I think it’s important to mention that this book does have a bit more of an extrovert vibe - a lot of the tips were things I felt I would be annoyed with if someone did them to me (such as calling friends without any kind of warning). I also thought that there were times that the language in the book did feel a bit silly and childish, but it wasn’t always deterring as the overall tone of the book was hopeful and positive.

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