We were mean to each other and yet we were friends. As teenagers, we fought tooth and nail sometimes over boys, clothes, and the one year I lived with two friends, over attention. My closest friends and I have been through so much together.
The friendships I have with other women are incredibly complex. Movies like Beaches, or Fried Green Tomatoes, or Steel Magnolias try to capture this.” Okay, so maybe it’s the fact that they mentioned two of my three favorite movies ( Beaches and Steel Magnolias) that I liked this, but I do think it’s true. When talking about friendships women have with other women, they write “The friendships of women inhabit a terrain of great mystery. Unfortunately, that is not how the first two-thirds of the book make you feel, but at least they attempted to go there, however unsuccessfully. I think most people would agree with that. I feel like so much of this book was misdirected and not really Biblical enough, but in the notes section of my nook I literally wrote “Finally! Something they get right!” In their tenth chapter, one on mothers, daughters, and sisters (and the best chapter, in my opinion), the Eldredges write “A woman is not less of a woman because she is not a wife or has not physically born a child.” Wow. Toward the end of the book there are a few pieces that really stood out to me. (Sorry, Linds.) That’s right, I completely, utterly hated this book.īut first, I’m going to start with the (few) things I liked. And then I proceeded to want to stab myself in the eyes at the thought of finishing it. So I bought it on my newly-acquired nook Color. A good friend recommended it to me on her blog, and several other people posted comments about how the book was amazing, how it’s the only book that’s ever made them cry, and so on. That is why I decided to read Captivating. I’m willing to try new books outside my comfort zone, but only with good recommendations and reviews from friends. I read a lot and I tend to read books I know I will like, at least moderately.
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