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The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez

29 reviews

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

meredithsaffairs's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Infertility, and Car accident

Moderate: Miscarriage and Alcohol

Minor: Child abuse and Child death

things100's review

emotional funny informative sad fast-paced

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

4.5

Ok so this a good book but don’t be fooled by the cover we got ourselves some spicy but also lots of crying ahead. This book is not for the faint of heart, I legit sobbed multiple times 😭. Abby Jimenez does such an amazing job of making you fall for all the characters and really tears your heart out at some times 💔 but you also can’t put the book down. Josh and Kristen’s story is amazing with real life ups and downs that make you fall for the characters that much more. Enjoy the book cuties but you’ve been warned 😘

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Alcohol and Fire/Fire injury

mswarning's review

emotional sad

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

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

eligru's review

emotional funny sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcohol, Mental illness, and Pregnancy

Minor: Body shaming, Death of parent, and Cursing

riella_reads's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Body shaming, Car accident, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Infertility, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Sexual 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

mollyanne624's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Car accident, Death, Grief, Infertility, and Medical content

Moderate: Pregnancy, Sexual content, Blood, and Cursing

emily_clay's review

challenging emotional funny informative inspiring lighthearted relaxing sad tense 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: Infertility, Death, Medical content, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Car accident, Alcohol, Cancer, Mental illness, and Pregnancy

Minor: Cursing