Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez

5 reviews

annarbpollock's review against another edition

I didn't appreciate the "pick-me" MC female, the mention about her weight, or the usage of guns to show protection by the MC male. I believe others would enjoy this, but to me it felt forced and quite judgemental.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Gun violence and Fatphobia

nicolewithbooks's review against another edition

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Body shaming, Car accident, Chronic illness, Cursing, and Death

Minor: Miscarriage, Violence, Gun violence, War, and Death of parent

Ocd, breakup

annahamburger's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

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

5.0

This book deals with heavy topics and I highly recommend checking the content warnings. 

That being said I do feel the topics of infertility, mental illness, toxic parent child relationships, death, and grief were dealt with and presented gracefully, yet raw. 

Infertility is discussed frequently and in detail with a variety of emotions and projected outcomes in this story. 

I really enjoyed this book, and the writing was visceral and raw. Kristen was layered and real. 

I wish Josh had had more layers to him, as his POV helped flesh out Kristen more than himself. 

A thing I could have gone without was Josh's inner thoughts regarding Kristen as "not like other girls" and "cool and probably dated a college guy in high school".

I wish we could have spent more time in the "after" portion of the couples lives. I am hopeful to get glimpses of it in the sequels. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Infertility, Grief, Mental illness, Medical content, and Death

Moderate: Cursing, Toxic relationship, Chronic illness, Blood, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Car accident, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infidelity, Miscarriage, Gun violence, Alcohol, and Medical content

elisabethmnc's review against another edition

emotional sad

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

2.0

I haaaaaaaaaate stories where all the drama comes from bad communication. Also, I don’t know why this read like it was aimed at Republicans but there were a lot of cringey gender stereotypes and guns?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Car accident, Chronic illness, Death, Infertility, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Gun violence, War, and Stalking

Minor: Alcohol and Blood

angelareads's review against another edition

emotional slow-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

3.5

I have the same problem with this book as I did The Happy Ever After Playlist. The back half is just too long. The misery is too dragged out. I thoroughly enjoyed the first half, though. Sigh. I'm holding out hope the next book with have a little bit better pacing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death, Infertility, Infidelity, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Blood, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Stalking

Minor: Eating disorder, Gun violence, and Miscarriage

a character does in a motorcycle accident