Crappy Friends: The Ultimate Guide to Female Friendships, the Good, the Bad, the Ugly

by Kristan Higgins, Joss Dey

All women have had at least one crappy friend…that one who left a mark and left us drained and confused. Why do we put up with it? How can we focus on the more positive friends in our lives and stop giving our energy to those who suck us dry? In this refreshing, often hilarious look at friendship, Kristan Higgins and Joss Dey (best friends and hosts of the podcast Crappy Friends) relate their own deeply personal experiences with toxic friends, detailing the red flags they missed or ignored, and the broken hearts they nursed back to health. Filled with down-to-earth wisdom, tips on weeding out the bad and making healthy friendships thrive, Crappy Friends is a guide for women of all ages.

174 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 9, 2020

About the author

Kristan Higgins is the New York Times, USA TODAY and Publishers Weekly bestselling author of more than twenty novels, which have been translated into more than two dozen languages and have sold millions of copies worldwide. If you want to receive a free short story and be notified when Kristan releases a new book, sign up at kristanhiggins.com.

Kristan enjoys gardening, mixology, the National Parks and complimenting strangers on their children. The mother of two entertaining and wonderful humans, and the grandmother of one perfect child, Kristan lives in Connecticut with her heroic firefighter husband, cuddly dog and indifferent cat.

Reviews

[Beth SHULAM · Rating 5 out of 5]

From the Podcast Crappy Friends by award winning authors Kristan Higgins and Joss Dey. The ladies have compiled all their knowledge on how to avoid pitfalls and dangers in female friendships into this short book.

In over 90 episodes of Crappy Friends they have dishes out advise on red flags and heartbreak over friendships gone wrong. They do it with such riotous humor and sincerity that you feel like they are your own female posse. The book brings all this together for a quick and easy read.

[Sally Kilpatrick · Rating 5 out of 5]

The number one thing this book brought me is the reassurance that friendship breakups are painful, and that it's not only okay but also expected to experience them as such.

Lots of great information here, most of it anecdotal.

The only danger is that if you, like me, are paranoid, then you will begin to think that you are the crappy friend. If I have been, mercy am I sorry!

[Penny Ramirez]

My library loan expired before I finished, but I wasn't compelled to try to extend it. Just not in the mood.

[Kristen Lewendon · Rating 5 out of 5]

It’s down to earth, straightforward, brutally honest, and filled with a self-deprecating humor that highlights why these ladies are such good friends. They shine the spotlight on all the things we take for granted in close female friendships. Taking care to point out the places where we need to pay more attention and why those things matter. It’s a beautifully balanced approach because it also provides strategies for what to do when we realize that we’re the bad friend in the situation. I haven’t experienced their podcast yet, but I’m about to subscribe. I was so engaged by the book, I’m sure I’ll be even more so by the podcast
I received a complimentary copy of this book through Booksprout.

[Karolina · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really enjoy their podcast, and perhaps for that reason I didn't rate this book as highly because I find the podcast far more informative. It is a great concise guide to cutting out the garbage in friendships and I appreciate it for that since it can save any person years of anguish, but what makes the podcast so great is the depth and thoughtfulness each individual case study gets vs. a more generalized, bullet list as this book. If you buy this book, it's a good little bible to keep around and flip through if you also listen to the podcast. However, it did also bug me the amount of writing errors I found as if the version was released too early. I really hope they choose to revisit this book and perhaps flesh it out more in a future edition.

[Kris Clink · Rating 5 out of 5]

Every young & not so young woman needs this book!

[Ali Foito · Rating 4 out of 5]

It’s a good book in friendship and warning signs. Some good laughs