Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez

234 reviews

rencollins's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

3.5

My first Abby Jimenez! Very cute. I enjoyed the love story thoroughly. Untimately it lost stars for me because two people can only not communicate a certain amount before I start banging my head against the wall! I found it so unrealistic that the relationship built on communicating via letters at the beginning would end with the amount of miscommunication that it did. 

AAANDDD at the same time I thought the insecurities and past traumas and anxiety were all so well written. I loved that neither MC relied on the other to provide them therapy to get through their hard times and had already done a lot of their own self work. 

I loved all the characters, main and supporting. Everyone had a place in the story and it was so nice to feel like you got to get to know everyone in the MCs lives. I also loved the dynamics of sibling caretaking and the weight that puts on someone, while at the same time the recognition that caretaking can only go so far and sometimes people have to do their own work to get better. 

So many good feels around how the FMC talks about marriage and relationships in life post divorce. The pain is so clearly depicted, but so are the moments of learning and hope. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness and Mental illness

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Miscarriage

courtneyhollyy's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

I’m crying, this was so good 😭😭 I’d give ten stars if StoryGraph would let me!!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness

Minor: Miscarriage

meaghancook's review against another edition

3.5

I wanted to like this so much more. I did like this so much until the last 20% of the book. It is unfathomable to me that I’m supposed to believe

Alexis AND Amy AND Kelly AND Briana are pregnant at the same time. What’s in the water in this place???

I liked the mental health representation and how this book handled chronic illness but at times it felt like inclusive language and situations were thrown in just to be checked off of some list. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Chronic illness, and Infidelity

thehannahclaire's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity

Moderate: Infertility, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Chronic illness, Medical content, Miscarriage, and Abandonment

rayreyes's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Dysphoria, Mental illness, Grief, Chronic illness, and Medical content

Minor: Terminal illness

jkribbit's review against another edition

emotional

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Cursing, Chronic illness, Infidelity, and Panic attacks/disorders

kimveach's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective fast-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

4.25

The two main characters' social anxiety and trust issues made the usual "misunderstanding" trope plausible and not silly. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Cursing, Infertility, Medical trauma, Chronic illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Miscarriage, Medical content, Terminal illness, and Grief

marissagero's review against another edition

emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Abandonment, Chronic illness, Medical content, and Sexual content

Moderate: Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, and Vomit

Minor: Alcohol and Cursing

emilywemily6's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

4.5

This book was beautifully written, with tender moments and dynamic characters. I adore Jacob! I really appreciate the author’s efforts to write contemporary romances that aren’t tragic but still have emotional components and some trauma/personal growth required of the characters. Bri really bothered me though in the second half of the book because she was hyper fixating on one assumption she made and she disregarded everything else in front of her face. It made it harder to feel like she was still speaking Jacob’s language like she had earlier in the story. Overall, I loved this book, though parts of it ripped my heart out and I couldn’t get to the happy ending fast enough to recover emotionally.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Medical content, Sexual content, Grief, and Infidelity

Moderate: Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Chronic illness, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Miscarriage

emkschneider's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Chronic illness, Pregnancy, Grief, Miscarriage, and Panic attacks/disorders