An amazing memoir with tales of friendship and also tales of how damn hard it is at time to make friends, keep friends, and keep good friends.

I thoroughly enjoyed this memoir! I love how completely vulnerable and transparent Christie Tate was to the readers of her book. She did not hesitate to bare her soul, all the beautiful things and all the ugly things. I found myself completely engrossed in her story and the work that she put into her friendships. I found myself recognizing her progress and rooting her on. Absolutely loved this book and will recommend to fellow readers. Thank you for this eARC in exchange for an honest review!

This heartwarming and at the same time heart-wrenching story about friendship really left a mark on me. I was impressed by how relatable Christie's account is even if we definitely don't share a similar life experience. I guess this book shows just that: friendship is a universal feeling, both when it's emotionally rewarding and when it seems a disastrous situation.

B.F.F. is really easy to devour, just like you would an entertaining novel, even if it's a memoir and it's not si easy to digest after all. In fact Christie also shares some very painful thoughts, musings and memories. Nevertheless her words leave you with a sense of growth and gratitude rather than sadness, and I think this is precisely her magic: turning something that might feel like and in fact is tragedy into something precious, both in her life and in her book.

At the heart of this book is a beautiful evocation of long and deep friendship. I appreciated the way the narrator showed such vulnerability and honesty in this book too. In many ways I admired this book more than the author's first book in fact.

I really enjoyed the author's first book GROUP and was looking forward to reading B.F.F. I appreciate her honesty and addressing the topic of friendship and the difficulties that come with them. I admired her relationship with her friend Meredith as someone who pushed her to face her fears and stood by her.

Thank you to NetGalley and Avid Reader Press for this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

I don't think I picked this up at the right time. It's probably a great book for fans of the author's original book, but its the wrong choice for me right now

Thank you #Netgalley for the advanced copy!

I loved Tate's last book, Group, and was happy to get my hands on this copy. Christie often references her therapist from Group throughout her stories in this read. I enjoyed how the book was broken up into parts and her prologue of how this book came to fruition. I loved following Christie's progression and how Meredith influenced her life in so many ways. We watch has Christie grows to develop friendships, why she cuts others out and how she recognizes how triggers were bringing her back to memories of childhood. As always, Christie shares her life, her honesty and experiences and how she works to overcome and tries to be the best mother, wife, friend she can be while putting in the work of therapy.

I was so excited to receive an advanced copy of this book. I absolutely adored Group by Christie Tate.

This book was exactly what I needed. I am struggling in some female friendships and this was a great guide to understand why and how to help that situation.

Tate's writing is so thoughtful and evocative. It is so insightful while also being very self-aware. It is a beautiful homage to the meaning of friendship.

For a large part of my life, I struggled with female friendships. My closest friends were boys. I always felt that because I was surrounded by sisters, I sought something else, something different from outside. As I've aged, I've found friendships with females, a few in particular, to be the most valuable and most special of my life.

Christie Tate's book B.F.F. book on her struggle with friendship, female in particular, is important in the growth of a human. While she does tackle other issues (grief, depressions, illness, etc), the core of the book is about friendship and her lifelong struggle with it.

To be perfectly honest, it made me a little sad how much she struggled with it. While I may have struggled with it, I have lived the last 16 years with my best friend and I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for the opportunity to read and review.

I think this author isn’t for me. I like stories about childhood and friendship but I find this author incredibly grating and unsympathetic. Maybe it’s her preachiness but my skin was crawling.

I read B.F.F. in the midst of a friend ghosting me right near my birthday, so this was an important and hard read for me. Friendships aren’t easy and it’s hard when they end but from any ending or break up, we get to grow and make room for more happiness to enter.
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Absolutely yes! I really enjoyed reading this novel. The characters were fun, it held my interest, and provided an escape from reality. I would definitely recommend!

I loved about "BFF"—Christie’s unflinching candor and ability to share her internal journeys and conflict. BFF is a beautiful homage to what it means to be a friend, to have a friend, and to allow yourself to be worthy of friendship. It is joyous laughter, ugly crying, and it settles right into your soul.

Christie Tate's first book "Group" was the story of her finding a therapy group and a therapist which changed the trajectory of her life. In this book, she approaches the topic of female friendship and how and why friendships go awry. She alternates between examining her issues with her sister and childhood friends, which set up patterns that continued into her adult friendships, with the friendship/mentorship of a wise woman many years older who would ultimately become sick and pass away, bringing with it new feelings and complications for Tate and the friends who admired her beloved mentor.

Excellent and wise illuminations of how we sabotage ourselves and write our own self-defeating scripts. The writing flows and I highly recommend this book to people who are wanting to explore their own approach to friendship.