A review by brothena
Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make and Keep Friends as an Adult by Marisa G. Franco

informative medium-paced

3.0

 Trying to make sure I read more backlist, I placed a zillion library holds and this one kept coming back so OKAY I READ IT LIBBYYY. Placed on my TBR in 2022, consumed on audio.

The first portion covers the value of deep friendships and that they inherently require work just as any other relationship-- this is probably where I felt most engaged. There's then a pretty granular how-to as to verbiage to use when there is a conflict in friendship, which I largely zoned out during since (as far as I know) this does not currently apply to me. The last portion covers how to help cultivate friendship and the double-edged sword of generosity, which was interesting. Overall my big takeaways were: people like you more than you think and you need to put yourself out there. 

Was pleasant enough and did inspire me to be uncharacteristically outgoing for 1 week which was tiring but nice.