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The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez

6 reviews

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

sammymilfort's review

emotional funny hopeful sad slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Grief, Sexual content, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Death, Body horror, Medical content, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Pregnancy, Vomit, War, Miscarriage, and Misogyny

hannahbrixton's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

This book was intense in a way I didn't see coming. I won't spoiler it but if you have medical trauma, consider that there's quite a lot of detail given in this book about a serious medical event and it was unfortunately quite close to something I experienced... so while I'm not triggered, it was pretty difficult to listen to and emotionally intense.

I loved the connection between Josh and Kristen but I felt like her steadfast refusal to be with him went on a little longer than necessary... even after they endured a traumatic event that should have been eye-opening, she stuck to her guns and it got a little frustrating.

The HEA ending was lovely for them and yet I would have liked to see it handled differently because it felt like the rug was pulled out from under the entire premise... I'm being vague on purpose so as to avoid spoilers here :)

The characters felt real, natural, and genuine and I loved the banter between the MCs. The writing was good, sometimes intense or suspenseful and emotionally evocative, which kept me listening and made it overall an enjoyable listen.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Cursing, Gore, Grief, Infertility, Body shaming, Body horror, Car accident, Chronic illness, and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol, Mental illness, and Vomit

Minor: Miscarriage, War, Infidelity, Violence, and Blood

atamano's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Grief, Infertility, Cursing, Death, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Vomit

rachrreads's review

emotional funny inspiring sad fast-paced

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

3.75

Kristen made me want to throw my phone across the room on multiple occasions. Also ending seemed a little too convenient

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Car accident, Cursing, Death, Medical content, Grief, Infertility, Sexual content, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Pregnancy and Vomit

readerette's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

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

3.0

Way too long. A generally sweet and typical modern love story but with far too many mentions of how "all women are crazy". Definitely pay attention to the content warnings on this one.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Cursing, Death, Grief, Infertility, and Sexual content

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Car accident, Child death, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Vomit