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Just Friends
by
Robyn Sisman
Thirtysomethings Freya and Jack have been “just friends” for more than ten years. Of course, they’ve had their differences. Freya doesn’t approve of Jack’s taste for student teeny-boppers from Planet Bubblegum, and Jack has problems with Freya’s utter scorn for human frailty–especially his own.
So when Freya, dumped by her lawyer boyfriend, moves temporarily into Jack’s apa...more
So when Freya, dumped by her lawyer boyfriend, moves temporarily into Jack’s apa...more
Paperback, 393 pages
Published
July 30th 2002
by Ballantine Books
(first published August 3rd 2000)
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Apr 03, 2011
Katherine St. Vincent
rated it
2 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
chicklit
Terus terang untuk segi cerita sih sebenarnya tidak jelek2 amat namun aetelah episode Jack ML dengan Tash adik tiri Freya....
Langsung ilfil banget-nget ama Jack.. Bayangkan!! Sebagai laki2, sudah ga becus cari duit, juga ga bisa mengontrol selangkangannya... watdepuk!!!
Masalahnya bukan soal Jack ML dgn Tash, tapi inilah yang namanya mengkhianati kepercayaan seorang teman..ilfil banget d ama tipe co ky gini. Sepintas terlihat co baik2 namun ga bisa mengendalikan libido sama aja dengan penjaha...more
Langsung ilfil banget-nget ama Jack.. Bayangkan!! Sebagai laki2, sudah ga becus cari duit, juga ga bisa mengontrol selangkangannya... watdepuk!!!
Masalahnya bukan soal Jack ML dgn Tash, tapi inilah yang namanya mengkhianati kepercayaan seorang teman..ilfil banget d ama tipe co ky gini. Sepintas terlihat co baik2 namun ga bisa mengendalikan libido sama aja dengan penjaha...more
Mar 10, 2011
Ririn Miu
rated it
1 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Recommends it for:
people who love assholes as heroes
Recommended to Ririn by:
my stupid self
mari kita pertanyakan dulu tentang cover yg dipilih oleh gpu ini... kayanya yg menyetujui/memilih cover ini ga baca bukunya... karena kedua tokoh utama dalam buku ini berambut pirang -_-;; terlebih lagi, tokoh ceweknya (Freya) potongan rambutnya pendek seperti laki2 -_-;; jadi siapakah 2 org dalam cover inii??
berbulan2 yg lalu, saya membaca novel Perfect Strangers by Robyn Sissman yg lumayan saya suka. tapi sepertinya keputusan untuk membeli buku Just Friends ini adalah suatu kesalahan >_<...more
berbulan2 yg lalu, saya membaca novel Perfect Strangers by Robyn Sissman yg lumayan saya suka. tapi sepertinya keputusan untuk membeli buku Just Friends ini adalah suatu kesalahan >_<...more
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Jul 20, 2007
Lindsey
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Girls who want a fun read
Shelves:
funreads
Look at your circle of guy friends. Could the love of your life be standing right in front of you and you don't even know it?
That is what this book is all about. It's a lighthearted novel about a girl with a group of friends and a problem with finding the guy whose right for her. She has two good girlfriends and a best guy friend, all of whom are close.
Througout the book, you'll follow her and her friends as they experience situations that have most likely happened to you or your friends. It i...more
That is what this book is all about. It's a lighthearted novel about a girl with a group of friends and a problem with finding the guy whose right for her. She has two good girlfriends and a best guy friend, all of whom are close.
Througout the book, you'll follow her and her friends as they experience situations that have most likely happened to you or your friends. It i...more
Veamos…
Desde hace mucho, mucho tiempo han existido preguntas a las que no hemos encontrados respuestas…
Cuando se creo el mundo?
Que fue primero, el huevo o la gallina???
Como se escribe cero en números romanos??? (¿?)
Y es posible que un hombre y una mujer sean “solamente amigos”??
Este libro plantea esa pregunta… no solo conocidos, compañeros de trabajos, o alguien al que apenas le dices hola!... NO, un AMIGO con todas sus letras…
Freya, es una tía bastante sincera, honesta, algo alocada, trabajador...more
Desde hace mucho, mucho tiempo han existido preguntas a las que no hemos encontrados respuestas…
Cuando se creo el mundo?
Que fue primero, el huevo o la gallina???
Como se escribe cero en números romanos??? (¿?)
Y es posible que un hombre y una mujer sean “solamente amigos”??
Este libro plantea esa pregunta… no solo conocidos, compañeros de trabajos, o alguien al que apenas le dices hola!... NO, un AMIGO con todas sus letras…
Freya, es una tía bastante sincera, honesta, algo alocada, trabajador...more
Annd.. Yak.. setelah baca chicklit 2x berturut - turut.. gw jatuhkan keputusan bahwa ini emang lebih bagus..
emang awal cerita antara Freya dan Jack aga membosan kan.. tp di pertengahan.. gw mulai merasakan berbagai emosi.. saking emosinya.. gw sampe pengen lempar Jack ke Kutub Utara!!! Hiaaaaattt!!!!!
.. pengen gw
... trus gw..
.. *ngos-ngos.an*
td nya mau kasiih 4... tp gara2 Jack.. berkurang satu... Kasiaaan Freyaa!!!
==PecintaPriaNakalBersaksiDimariih.. Pria ini NAKAL.. tapi minta di...
...more
emang awal cerita antara Freya dan Jack aga membosan kan.. tp di pertengahan.. gw mulai merasakan berbagai emosi.. saking emosinya.. gw sampe pengen lempar Jack ke Kutub Utara!!! Hiaaaaattt!!!!!
.. pengen gw
... trus gw..
.. *ngos-ngos.an*td nya mau kasiih 4... tp gara2 Jack.. berkurang satu... Kasiaaan Freyaa!!!
==PecintaPriaNakalBersaksiDimariih.. Pria ini NAKAL.. tapi minta di...
...more
This is the story about Jack and Freya - two people living in New York who have been friends for ten years or thereabouts. The book follows similar themes to When Harry Met Sally e.g. can men and women ever be Just Friends or will something always get in the way?
The characters were surprisingly three dimensional for a chick lit novel. Jack is a playboy who chases after women that he has no need to commit to, but a lot of his actions are driven by trying to win his millionaire father's approval a...more
The characters were surprisingly three dimensional for a chick lit novel. Jack is a playboy who chases after women that he has no need to commit to, but a lot of his actions are driven by trying to win his millionaire father's approval a...more
3.5
Not a bad book but a little dry and dusty. I don't know how else to explain it (that's a lie, of course I can explain it I'm just not going to).
Both characters are self-absorbed, isolated selfish people who can be both cruel and gentle. They are flawed to the point where at first you don't know if you like them or just hanging out with them. Sort of like the people you only hang out with at a bar but the minute you are summoned to their house for dinner you hesitate.
Yeah.
Jack is a writer and...more
Not a bad book but a little dry and dusty. I don't know how else to explain it (that's a lie, of course I can explain it I'm just not going to).
Both characters are self-absorbed, isolated selfish people who can be both cruel and gentle. They are flawed to the point where at first you don't know if you like them or just hanging out with them. Sort of like the people you only hang out with at a bar but the minute you are summoned to their house for dinner you hesitate.
Yeah.
Jack is a writer and...more
Jun 09, 2011
Chiara (Oscuro y Seductor Romance)
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
read-2011
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Robyn Sisman - Echte vrienden
Beschrijving:
Jack en Freya zijn al tien jaar lang echte vrienden. Ze zijn nu allebei dertig-en-een-beetje en kennen elkaar heel goed. Véél te goed eigenlijk. En natuurlijk hebben ze ook wel eens flinke ruzie....
Freya vindt Jacks smaak voor tienerstudentes van de Bubblegum-planeet namelijk een beetje zielig. En Jack heeft wat moeite met Freya's absolute minachting voor menselijke zwakheden - vooral als het Jack betreft.
En dus lopen de spanningen tussen de 'echte vrien...more
Beschrijving:
Jack en Freya zijn al tien jaar lang echte vrienden. Ze zijn nu allebei dertig-en-een-beetje en kennen elkaar heel goed. Véél te goed eigenlijk. En natuurlijk hebben ze ook wel eens flinke ruzie....
Freya vindt Jacks smaak voor tienerstudentes van de Bubblegum-planeet namelijk een beetje zielig. En Jack heeft wat moeite met Freya's absolute minachting voor menselijke zwakheden - vooral als het Jack betreft.
En dus lopen de spanningen tussen de 'echte vrien...more
Sisman's talent makes this book a must-read if you are into girl meets boy stories. Or you fancy yourself a writer.
I swear I've seen some of the scenes in this book before--either on TV or in other books. But Sisman still manages to make the recycled plot interesting (boy meets girl, they are friends, they argue while falling in love). And there are some twists that I didn't really expect...quite a feat in "chick lit".
One of the main characters is a writer, and the best part of the book is chap...more
I swear I've seen some of the scenes in this book before--either on TV or in other books. But Sisman still manages to make the recycled plot interesting (boy meets girl, they are friends, they argue while falling in love). And there are some twists that I didn't really expect...quite a feat in "chick lit".
One of the main characters is a writer, and the best part of the book is chap...more
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, hope...more
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I know what I expect from a chick-lit book, a happily ever after story, I just don't know how it's going to get there. In the beginning I wasn't sure who was the person that Freya was suppose to end up with, although you'd think I'd be able to tell from the title Just Friends. Sorry if that's a spoiler for anyone. I love the trails that Freya went through to get to her happy ending.
this book caught my attention from the sample that Kindle offered, I read the sample, and decided to buy the book....more
this book caught my attention from the sample that Kindle offered, I read the sample, and decided to buy the book....more
Reading the back the book made me think about this movie with Ashley Judd and Hugh Jackman, where they become fighting roommates and then perfect soulmates. The book was better than I expected. There was honest character introspective, which is always nice from a book with a pink dress on the cover.
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Pertama tama baca buku ini rada lumayan nih lucu, ada adegan2 berantem2nya ama temennya si Jack, apa lagi pas ketemu ama mantan mertua qkqkqk yg nyangka nya pembantu, n pas disuruh bawa baju n clana si michael ke laundry disuruh potong 15 cm, Ĝªα̇̇̇̊>:/ kebayang deh Michael pake clana ngatung hahahaa sangking sebelnya si Freya,
Eh pas udah mau akhir2, iiiih..... Sebel deh ama Jack, ML sama si Tash ade tiri nya si Freya, dasar cowo gaa bisa ditantang *hajaaaar cowo begini* bisa bgtu ya.....
Apa...more
Eh pas udah mau akhir2, iiiih..... Sebel deh ama Jack, ML sama si Tash ade tiri nya si Freya, dasar cowo gaa bisa ditantang *hajaaaar cowo begini* bisa bgtu ya.....
Apa...more
seperti kata Freya (atau siapapun, udah lupa namanya),
otak pria berada diselangkangannya...ckckckc...
si Jack doyan gadis muda, adiknya Freya jga ditiduri...emang sih, si Tash yg ngerayu Jack tapi Jack jga langsung ke makan rayuan iblisnya Tash, dan gak mikir perasaan Freya (malah dia salahin Freya krn nolak dia 2x)...
untung aja aku suka cerita ttg "playboy yg bertobat" yg akhirnya mendapatkan cinta sejatinya...
yuups, 3 stars menurutku cukup sesuai...hehehe ;)
yaah, pkknya ceritanya bgs, kadang bi...more
otak pria berada diselangkangannya...ckckckc...
si Jack doyan gadis muda, adiknya Freya jga ditiduri...emang sih, si Tash yg ngerayu Jack tapi Jack jga langsung ke makan rayuan iblisnya Tash, dan gak mikir perasaan Freya (malah dia salahin Freya krn nolak dia 2x)...
untung aja aku suka cerita ttg "playboy yg bertobat" yg akhirnya mendapatkan cinta sejatinya...
yuups, 3 stars menurutku cukup sesuai...hehehe ;)
yaah, pkknya ceritanya bgs, kadang bi...more
Beli buku ini hanya gara2 cover-nya. Hah... Berbeda dengan terjemahan Indonesia-nya, cover depan nampilin wajah cewek dan cowok (cakep). Awalnya saya kira buku ini udah dijadikan film, ternyata bukan.
Awal membaca, saya merasa ritmenya agak lambat, dan sudah hampir saja bukunya mau saya letakkan dan nggak mau baca lagi. Tapi karena penasaran dengan nasih Freya, akhirnya saya putuskan untuk baca sampai habis.
Daaannnn.... makin lama ceritanya makin menarik. Ritme ceritanya makin cepat dan endingny...more
Awal membaca, saya merasa ritmenya agak lambat, dan sudah hampir saja bukunya mau saya letakkan dan nggak mau baca lagi. Tapi karena penasaran dengan nasih Freya, akhirnya saya putuskan untuk baca sampai habis.
Daaannnn.... makin lama ceritanya makin menarik. Ritme ceritanya makin cepat dan endingny...more
hasn't everyone gone through their chick lit phase? this one was better than usual. at least the female character wasn't a total neurotic freak.
Some days, I don't eat any vegetables.
Some days, I take the elevator instead of the stairs.
Some days, I just want a book that is easy, that is simple, that you can fall into and read like you've been reading it forever. A book with some twists and turns but a book where you just know that everything is going to turn out ok.
This is that kind of book. It's not terribly profound. It is sweet at points and funny at some points and gave me a good amount of joy. It reads just like the script for a mov...more
Some days, I take the elevator instead of the stairs.
Some days, I just want a book that is easy, that is simple, that you can fall into and read like you've been reading it forever. A book with some twists and turns but a book where you just know that everything is going to turn out ok.
This is that kind of book. It's not terribly profound. It is sweet at points and funny at some points and gave me a good amount of joy. It reads just like the script for a mov...more
aku baca buku nih pas liat sinopsisnya,, "wow, mirip cerita inze-niki nih!" (tau kan?? yg novel "pesan dari bintang"nya sitta karina, secara aku suka banget novel itu)
pas baca awal, "gilaaaa,, si cowok emang rada 'bajingan' nih" soalnya semua cewek ditidurin -_____-
yah, kesan bacanya jelas kali beda.. ini novel chicklit, so emang banyak unsur2 gitunya siih..
konfliknya oke.. cuma yaaah,, bikin greget bacanya.. trus kesel juga pas jack malah 'kepincut' ama adik tiri freya yg "agak" jahat ke dia..
h...more
pas baca awal, "gilaaaa,, si cowok emang rada 'bajingan' nih" soalnya semua cewek ditidurin -_____-
yah, kesan bacanya jelas kali beda.. ini novel chicklit, so emang banyak unsur2 gitunya siih..
konfliknya oke.. cuma yaaah,, bikin greget bacanya.. trus kesel juga pas jack malah 'kepincut' ama adik tiri freya yg "agak" jahat ke dia..
h...more
baru kali ni chiklit ak ksi nilai nyaris sempurna, biasanya plg tinggi 3 star tp yg ini menembus 4 star (belum ada yg tembus ampe 5 star)tp biar 4 star, ni pertama yg masuk kategori Favorites, re-read, dan recomended *tepuk tangan dulu*
kenapa 4 star?
1.sempat ga peduli lagi ma chiklit tp ni cover...Covernya ak sukaaaa terutama model cwo nya, ugh! masih penasaran ampe sekarang, siapakah cwo manis yg ad dlm cover itu...? dan mirip ma poster film, kirain ad filmnya...
2.ceritanya, Kocak abis lah.
inti...more
kenapa 4 star?
1.sempat ga peduli lagi ma chiklit tp ni cover...Covernya ak sukaaaa terutama model cwo nya, ugh! masih penasaran ampe sekarang, siapakah cwo manis yg ad dlm cover itu...? dan mirip ma poster film, kirain ad filmnya...
2.ceritanya, Kocak abis lah.
inti...more
Classic, predictable chick-lit.
What really annoyed me about this book was the mix of English and American phrases. It was about an English girl living in America, and all the Americans in the book spoke like English people.
Understandable if the author was British and hadn't spent much time in America... but she's American. She might live in England now, but surely she isn't so out of touch that she doesn't know how American's speak. And if she is? Then an editor needed to point that out. As an...more
What really annoyed me about this book was the mix of English and American phrases. It was about an English girl living in America, and all the Americans in the book spoke like English people.
Understandable if the author was British and hadn't spent much time in America... but she's American. She might live in England now, but surely she isn't so out of touch that she doesn't know how American's speak. And if she is? Then an editor needed to point that out. As an...more
''Seni Seviyorum'' Kelimesini kullanmadan ifade edebilmek...Gerçi kitap iki arkadaş olarak başlıyor 30'lu yaşlarında kadın-erkek ilişkisi. Jack aslında Freya'yı hep sevmiş ve istemiş anladığım kadarıyla.Freya ise yaşına çok taktığı için hemde Jack ondan bir kaç yaş küçük olduğu için ondan hoşlansa da bağlanmak istemediği için onu reddetmiştir.Olaylsr böyle böyle işte.
Bende aslında Yaş olayına takığımdır neden bilmiyorum.Mesela ben yaşımdan küçüklerle çıkarsam kendimi sübyancı hissederim diye düş...more
Bende aslında Yaş olayına takığımdır neden bilmiyorum.Mesela ben yaşımdan küçüklerle çıkarsam kendimi sübyancı hissederim diye düş...more
This book covers one of my favorite concepts in romantic literature: the best friend guy. He's like my all-time favorite guy. I had so much hope for this book, which was probably my downfall. Not that the book was bad, but I had such high hopes for it and it turned out to be simply an "ok" book. There were moments I laughed, of course, but I feel like I would have done o few things differently. Not to mention a few particular things that had me wanting to throw the book across the room, some thi...more
May 23, 2012
Anastasia Cynthia
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
own-a-copy,
chicklit
Menceritakan tentang kisah sepasang sahabat, Freya dan Jake yang mengaku keduanya hanyalah teman biasa. Iya, hanya teman biasa, sampai Freya diusir keluar dari apartemen kekasihnya, Michael--si pengacara ganteng. Dan Jake tak sengaja bertemu gadis itu di jalan. Terlunta-lunta, mencari tempat tinggal, lantaran tempat tinggalnya berada bermil-mil jauhnya di tanah Britania.
Jake dengan serta-merta menawari gagasan itu, agar Freya menumpang di apartemennya dulu, hingga gadis itu berhasil mencari tem...more
Jake dengan serta-merta menawari gagasan itu, agar Freya menumpang di apartemennya dulu, hingga gadis itu berhasil mencari tem...more
4 star romantic comedy chick flick type of book
This is the type of book that should be made into a movie. I bet that all those who love a good romantic comedy would adore the story of Jack and Freya.
Freya is a British woman who works in New York at a trendy art dealer shop scouting new talent now and then. Jack Madison is an author who has hit the writer’s block ever since the release of his debut novel which hit the bestselling list. Its been 5 years since he has started on his second novel a...more
"Just Friends" took me awhile to really get into it but once I got through (maybe almost) 1/2 way through the book, it began to pick up. It's a total chick-lit and totally predictable.
It's about thirtysomething year old, Freya, beautiful, smart, career driven, and blunt who recently got dumped by her live-in boyfriend. With no where now to live, she temporarily stays with her oldest/closest friend Jack. Jack's a bit of a player spending his day writing and teaching and his nights with random fe...more
It's about thirtysomething year old, Freya, beautiful, smart, career driven, and blunt who recently got dumped by her live-in boyfriend. With no where now to live, she temporarily stays with her oldest/closest friend Jack. Jack's a bit of a player spending his day writing and teaching and his nights with random fe...more
Freya is a thirty-something, Britain-born, artist protégé. Her story begins as she prepares for what she thinks will be her engagement dinner with her boyfriend Michael, who she's been living with for a while - he's got the credentials - he's an attorney and even though he doesn't exactly make Freya's heart "sing" - she figures the time is right - but it's not to be, Michael has actually called for this dinner in order to break up with Freya, for he feels as she does - that their relationship is...more
Una tipica historia,de que al final el hombre y la mujer no pueden ser amigos sin que haya deseos sexuales reprimidos o al menos esta fue la impresion que me dejo el libro.Entretenido por ratos,porque tanta pelea entre ambos me aburrio.
Freya esta buscando un compaÑero de viaje para la boda de su hermanastra que es una bruja total.Que yo la hubiera matado!Que mujer mas insoportable.A esa boda lleva a su mejor amigo,que viven juntos ya que a Freya el novio la deja y no tiene donde ir.Pero en la bo...more
Freya esta buscando un compaÑero de viaje para la boda de su hermanastra que es una bruja total.Que yo la hubiera matado!Que mujer mas insoportable.A esa boda lleva a su mejor amigo,que viven juntos ya que a Freya el novio la deja y no tiene donde ir.Pero en la bo...more
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