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emotional
hopeful
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
This is Friend Zone: The Novel & it's problematic for so many reasons (a celebrated teacher/student relationship and a whole lot of Nice Guy syndrome), and yet I felt things anyway. I can't tell you why. It's treacly and corny and yet I liked how she wrote a soft-hearted guy in contrast to masculine meatheads and I liked the redemption arc of the abusive father and I liked the relationship between the brothers. I've been reading Elizabeth Berg for 20+ years and her later books have lost the grit of the earlier ones, but something about her writing, even when too surface, can move me. 🤷♀️
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Adult/minor relationship, and Child abuse
Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, and Pregnancy
Minor: Sexual assault and Rape
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