Friendship

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Two best friends living in New York in their early 30s find that their relationship changes when one unexpectedly becomes pregnant.

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Good, not great for ex-Gawker star submitted by Sara W on July 28, 2014, 10:21pm I recognized interesting dynamics and situations in Emily Gould's "Friendship," and I found those moments - making a new friend in adulthood, admitting awful personal behavior, accidentally having a more meaningful conversation than you intended, asking for help when you are slightly beyond needing it - believable and relatable.

However, I was disappointed to discover at the end how fully we were following Amy, entirely sidelining Bev while her defining decision came to fruition, and never really getting to know enigmatic, relentlessly wealthy, poorly-drawn Sally. I had bought in to the idea that I was following a fully-realized examination of three women all at different stages of life/opportunity/ambition, but instead just discovered the author's obvious bias for the importance of Amy's career change/personal revelation at the expense of all the other characters she introduced.

Kirkus-style summary: Good, not great. HBO's Girls has more realistically-drawn characters and novels like "Where'd You Go, Bernadette" or "The Family Fang" portray more comprehensive sketches of modern women coming back from the brink.