A review by tneumann
The Friendship Study by Ruby Barrett

emotional hopeful reflective

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

The fact that I liked it so much had just as much to do with seeing myself in Lulu as the story itself. This is friends-to-lovers/forbidden love, plus queer (he’s bi) and neurodivergent representation. Their feelings of loneliness and feeling like you’re not in on the joke is a familiar one…that aching desire to feel like you belong.