Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez

83 reviews

cutepatzie's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

It's a nice book. And I understand the feelings os female lead but sometimes I think she was just so cruel to ml that I was honestly want to drop of reading this book. And also I wish that the side character the female best friend at the end of the book become like a nothing to the author. Just was like the main point and twist of the whole book, but she was sure just for that purpose and left behind like a garbe that no one want. but from a positive aspect I like that this book is not scary to talk about periods and femeal diseases of the reproductive system what was huge plus to me. Overall I am happy that book finishes with happy ending and shines the light on infertility and how hard it is to be a girl. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Death, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, and Car accident

Moderate: Miscarriage

Minor: War, Alcohol, and Pregnancy

vperr's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infertility, Sexual content, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Car accident

Moderate: Mental illness

rmkg's review

emotional funny sad

The miscommunication in this one was very frustrating. And there was some “not like other girls” stuff that turned me off. But the writing was good, and the characters were likeable, and there were lots of funny and sweet moments.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Chronic illness, Infertility, and Medical content

Moderate: Car accident and Death

Minor: Pregnancy

kcdebi's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, and Infertility

mkewart's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death, Mental illness, Grief, Infertility, and Chronic illness

beckybeth's review

dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

I’ve read two books by this author-the first (part of your world) I wasn’t a fan of, and the second (yours truly) I adored. This read trite and often misogynistic- like the stereotypical male writing a romance.  For example:
“She was like a unicorn. A mythical creature. An honest, no-drama woman who didn’t bullshit and drank beer and cussed and didn’t care about what people thought of her. She was a unicorn, tucked in the body of an attractive woman with a great ass.”

And their romance turned my stomach seeing as she’s IN A RELATIONSHIP!! With a deported solider.The justifications for it? Just Gross. 

And then the tragedy hit. It was unnecessary and awful and did not need to be done. I guess solely to create a sequel? Absolutely Disgusting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Car accident, and Infertility

Moderate: Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and Infidelity

huntea's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

PLEASE be careful - I was not prepared for a trauma that happened in the book and it really affected me. I have not been triggered by descriptions of car accidents before, but this one definitely got me. Otherwise, I enjoyed the book but definitely loved her later novels more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Infertility, and Medical trauma

bookishspy's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Who'd have thought a Josh could be this sweet?

I'm going to have a hard time rating this one, but I'll try. 

The first 80% of The Friend Zone was very much like your standard romance book. A stubborn FMC, a persistent alpha male MMC, and some issues and misunderstandings preventing them from being together.

This part was pretty frustrating at times. If these two could've just sat down and had a frank conversation like adults, they could've been together so much sooner. I understand not wanting to share this kind of thing firsthand, but personally, I felt this book went a bit too far with it. 

I did love Josh, though. He was sweet and thoughtful. A bit overly alpha male bordering on stalkerish at times, but that's pretty standard for a book boyfriend

Then, the last 20% of this book happened, and honestly, it hit too close to home for me personally. My own fault, I should've looked closer at the trigger warnings than I did. 

Objectively, it was well written, pretty close to accurate, and it definitely gave me feels. 

Overall, I did enjoy The Friend Zone. I may not read the rest, but if this was before my sister had her stroke, I probably would've really enjoyed it and continued 

➛ 𝟒 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐬

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Medical content, Chronic illness, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, and Infertility

Moderate: Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Stalking, and Mental illness

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, and Miscarriage

lawoodworth's review

emotional funny hopeful sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I loved this book, such a rollercoaster of emotions, the anticipation, depth of characters, and love story was so great!! I laughed and cried with this one, definitely check the TW, I was not prepared for the depth of the complex issues/conflicts but it was so well done! #abbyjimenez #thefriendzone #fivestarreads

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Infertility, Death, Grief, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Car accident, Chronic illness, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood

plueschi77's review

emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Grief, Death, and Chronic illness