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Just Friends (2000)

by Robyn Sisman

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From the bestselling author of Perfect Strangers, Just Friends is a fresh romantic comedy that wittily dissects love, friendship and the true meaning of compatibility.
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This is a story about a couple of true misfits: Freya, a career woman in her mid-thirties that just can’t seem to get her act together, and Jack, a best-selling writer who can’t sit down and actually write. Freya keeps trying throughout the book to be some sexy, flirty young thing, at the same time wanting her boyfriend, Michael, to propose and dreading it. She doesn’t know what she wants, and I think that’s something that speaks to every devourer of chick lit. And then there’s Jack – poor, hopeless Jack – who blames the world for his inability to sit down and focus on writing his next novel. Distracted by “teeny-boppers from Planet Bubblegum” and filled with his own self-importance, Jack’s head is too full of himself for any creativity or passion for his novel to fit in there.

Just Friends has a positively delicious blend of sexual tension, almost connections, misunderstandings, sudden realizations, and hurt feelings. Freya and Jack keep coming so close to finding something meaningful, to discovering things about themselves that would help them break free of the traps they’ve built for themselves, but they keep turning away from the truth. I cried for them and my heart broke for them, and in the end Robyn Sisman comes through in true chick-lit style and there’s a happy ending for all. ( )
  ElleyOtter | Nov 28, 2017 |
This was an pretty good chick lit novel about two friends doing the friend/more than friends dance. I thought the story was good and held my interest with some unusual sub plots. Freya is certainly hard to warm up to and Jack is a pain in the posterior, but by Tash's wedding I was rooting for and empathizing along with both of them. ( )
  wareagle78 | Apr 18, 2014 |
Right from the get go I did not like the female protagonist in the book, there was no connection there and as a result this book went no where for me. ( )
  risadabomb | Mar 10, 2010 |
I orignally picked this book up soley for the cover, three adorable flying pigs soaring through the middle of a dark purplish blue background. As an avid collector of flying pigs it has been sitting in my curio cabinet for several years. I finally decided to read it.

The book shows the story of two friends, Jack and Freya. When Freya hits a downspot in her life and finds herself without a place to stay, Jack lets her sleep in his guest room for awhile.

Needless to say, this causes many good as well as quite a few not good things to happen with their friendship.

The characters are everyday people, with mostly everyday problems that don't get solved miraculously, but with a lot of pain, sweat, and tears by the characters.

This was a great read, and I wish I had decided to pick it up out of the curio cabinet long ago.

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  jasmyn9 | Aug 8, 2009 |
A quick read and a fun chick-lit book. Like most of Sisman's books, if your looking for a weekend read, this is it. ( )
  smooney1202 | May 29, 2009 |
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