Reviews tagging 'Infertility'

Samo prijatelji by Abby Jimenez

566 reviews

moriahleigh's review against another edition

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emotional reflective fast-paced
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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ashleyjmel's review against another edition

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emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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meeeshell's review against another edition

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

2.0

I couldn’t stand the main characters, the constant “not like other girls” descriptions, and suddenly a character
has OCD
. But I enjoyed the plot, found it a quick easy read, and am excited for the next book because it’s about a character I liked more.
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honesty_reads's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-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

4.5

TW: Major character death, car accident

I understand not wanting to give away the plot but this DEFINITELY needed a TW!!!
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ayandell5's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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emlo23's review against another edition

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

1.0

All I can say is that if I had read this Abby Jimenez book first I never would've read another. I really enjoyed Part of Your World and so I thought I would dip into the backlist, but I hugely regret it. This book has so many issues
- misogynistic as fuck MMC
- pick me "not like other girls" FMC
- the communication issues in this book were soooooooo drawn out and unnecessary
- sex scenes were really basic he has a giant magic dick shit
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Kristen basically gaslights Josh for 2/3 of the book about their feelings for each other

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everything with Brandon???? That came out of nowhere and was so epically sad. The medical content around his injuries was unnecessarily explicit and traumatic. This book is marketed as a romcom with some infertility issues for conflict but actually needed MAJOR trigger warnings for Brandon's accident and death

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magical miracle pregnancy are you kidding me?!
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annaeslane's review against another edition

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emotional funny medium-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

4.0

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libraryofmoss's review against another edition

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

1.5

I thought there might be some criticism of toxic masculinity and “pick me” cool girls but no it was just tropes all the way down. I learned that hot firemen are not my type whatsoever. Truly basic American white girl heteronormative nonsense. All of the sudden the main character has
OCD?! Where was the foreshadowing there? A penchant fo cleaning??? Is that it???
I can forgive melodrama and contrived plot points, it is fiction after all but if I never read another
surprise pregnancy!!!
again I would be perfectly happy. Aside from my usual personal taste, it really negates any sensitive treatment of
infertility by writing a miracle and handwaving it away
by adding an endnote explaining the “inspiration.” I don’t usually finish books I dislike so strongly but the narration is entertaining and the dialogue is well written so that’s something.
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drjorgensen's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

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miacasey16's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-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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