A review by sindri_inn_arsaeli
The Other Significant Others: Reimagining Life with Friendship at the Center by Rhaina Cohen

Did not finish book. Stopped at 30%.

I did really want to enjoy this book. But it is mostly anecdotal, which on reflection does make sense for a book of this length, but it just got dull. I wasn't invested in people based on itty bitty snippets of their lives, and the premise of the book, the depth of friendship and level of commitment, could have been summed up in about one chapter. I was interested in the history of cultural norms surrounding different views of friendship, but the modern anecdotes drown out any historical or cultural commentary. I read about a quarter and then skimmed a good amount more, but decided I didn't want to skim that much of a book.