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Friends and Lovers

Name: Friends and Lovers
Author: Eric Jerome Dickey

by Eric Jerome Dickey

1997•Romance•404 pages

Taste attributes: romancedramatried & testedrealisticsimplelinearenclosedemotive & stirringcomplex relationshiplove conquers allinjustice/tragedy/vengeance

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Boxlist takeA grounded, moving romance novel, small-scale rather than epic. Best if you like real life over fantasy.

Taste details

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

Open Library rating

4.3 / 5

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About This Book

Relates the story of two romances between young African American couples--one of which ends in a storybook marriage, while the other ends in an unexpected pregnancy and a painful reunion.

Description: Open Library

Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

RomanceDramaComplex relationshipLove conquers allInjustice/tragedy/vengeance

Subjects

African AmericansFriendshipInterpersonal relations

Details

Author: Eric Jerome Dickey
Published: 1997
Pages: 404
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Source: Open Library

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