Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez

66 reviews

brisievenpiper's review

fast-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Infertility, Grief, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness, Miscarriage, Medical content, and War

jillaay_h's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Pregnancy

karinabelle's review against another edition

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Mental illness

forrestlaur's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infertility, and Car accident

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Mental illness

ms_read's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-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

3.0

I loved the representation of women’s health issues but I was bothered by unrealistic physical descriptions of the main characters, some overused tropes, and some background characters that felt like caricatures. 

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Miscarriage, Vomit, Death of parent, and Alcohol

amanda_reads13's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted sad fast-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

3.0

While helping to plan her best friend Sloan's wedding, Kristin meets Josh, the best man. Though they are instantly drawn to each other, Kristen keeps him at arm's length.

Kristen is keeping a big secret from everyone, even her best friend Sloan. She's been dealing with medical issues that would make it next to impossible for her to get pregnant. Her periods are so extreme and painful that she plans to get a hysterectomy. She plans her whole life around her cycle. She works from home so that she doesn't have to leave her house for work and she's with a man who never wants kids so she can't be a disappointment to her partner. 

Kristen feels like her inability to have children defines her. She feels unworthy of Josh's affection and love. She can't accept the fact that Josh could love her flaws and all. This is really a story about Kristin accepting that she can be loved for who she is, not what she has to offer others. 

The lack of communication in this book on Kristen's part is so frustrating. Instead of telling Josh and having an adult conversation about why she feels like she can't be with him, she just sends him mixed signals and pushes him away. She won't even allow Josh to make that decision for himself. I get it, she's worried that he will be resentful of her in the future, but doesn't even give him the opportunity to make a decision.

Josh is such a patient and kind man. Even though he wants more from Kristen, he he accepts whatever she's willing to give him. It's heartbreaking to watch Josh fall so madly in love with her and not understand why she won't return his feelings. 

I saw the

pregnancy coming from very on in the book.

Why do we always have to define women based on their ability to have children? This is so frustrating to me. I really wish that

the ending had been different and she hadn't gotten pregnant. I wish it would have ended with them choosing to adopt or foster a child. This would have given a more realistic ending, as the ending we are given was very far-fetched.

My heart absolutely breaks for Sloan. I'm really interested to see the progression of her character in the next book. She is such a strong woman. She goes through something absolutely heartbreaking, but is still there for her best friend.

Just weeks before their wedding, her fiance Brandon dies in a motorcycle accident. He's hit by a drunk driver. He ends up having a stroke and passing away in the hospital.

 

Tropes: friends to lovers, firefighter, slow burn

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infertility, Mental illness, Sexual content, Grief, and Car accident

ambunsia's review against another edition

emotional funny sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infertility, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Car accident

demi_sewell's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful sad 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 thought this book was absolutely amazing! I am not sure why there are such negative reviews on this book as I blew through it. I read it on my Kindle and was at 47% the first night and had to force myself at midnight to put the book down. I then finished it the very next day. I loved that it was based on the author's friend who went through the struggles of infertility just as the main character did.

I did enjoy the back and forth banter between Kristen & Josh, the heartache of Sloan's relationship ending,  but also the true and raw emotion that was portrayed throughout the book.

I was laughing and crying in parts and did not want to finish the book, because it was so good. I have already reserved the second book to find out what happens with Sloan.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infertility

Minor: Death, Mental illness, Grief, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

senga15's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infertility, Mental illness, Blood, Grief, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, and Medical content

Minor: Miscarriage, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and War

kjord3985's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infertility, Misogyny, and Car accident

Moderate: Chronic illness and Mental illness