Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez

260 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

ktdaugherty's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Mental illness, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Miscarriage

hellenisreading's review against another edition

challenging emotional lighthearted reflective relaxing sad 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

4.0

This books was so beautiful I found myself crying at some points because wow. It was very well written with lovable characters, good plot, good chemistry and good banter. 
The anxiety rep with Jacob is really what got me, I felt so seen. I’ve never been formally diagnosed with anything so whenever I do little things like googling a restaurant before going out to eat with friends so I’m less uncomfortable and more at ease when I get there, I don’t think too much about it. Just me being me. Seeing something as small as that in a book really touched the heart strings and made me understand Jacob as a character. 
Brianna my Queen. She was such a great side character in Part of your world that seeing her get her happily ever after with Jacob in this book really was so beautiful because girl has been through a LOT, damn Abby. 
These two just work and their connection just makes sense and the journey was not easy but it sure as hell was a good one to read about😂. 

That being said, the miscommunication, or rather lack of communication was a bit hard to get through at times. I had to read this on kindle majority of the time so wouldn’t get violent with the pages, there was so many moments when I just sat there thinking “If they just talked we would have saved 50 pages of this mental turmoil” because it really did become a broken record of “is this real? Would she love me if…? Does he really love me?” And while I totally understand why they both felt this way and couldn’t just ask the questions to each other instead of LEAPING to conclusions (I’m looking at you Bri), it was still a bit of a drag to read about considering I REALLY enjoyed seeing them just be a couple and wanted to read more of that rather than the continuous spirals.  
That alone is the reason this wasn’t 5 stars for me, I even enjoyed the mention of tiktok, which normally despise in books😂.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Abandonment, and Mental illness

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Miscarriage

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

adamari_'s review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective sad 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

Overall, I really enjoyed this book. It was sort of slow/medium paced depending on what you look at. There was moments I would get frustrated with the characters, but I would also look at what was going on from their perspectives. This is my second Abby Jimenez book and I have to say it’s probably my favorite atm. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Ableism, Vomit, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Alcohol and Cursing

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad tense 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

4.5

This book was incredibly touching. It has tropes that I typically don’t like, most notably the miscommunication trope, but I think it was well-done and I didn’t absolutely hate it. I loved the characters in this book. The FMC is strong, independent, and thoughtful (very relatable) and the MMC is introverted, kind, and adoring. I found myself feeling that the love story was somewhat relatable…there are so many nuggets of truth and wisdom buried in this book. The plot is silly — fake lovers — but it’s so cute you can’t help but smile. There are some heavy parts too that really felt sincere and made me cry. The spice level is low, but the storytelling makes up for it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Sexism, Classism, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal death, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Pregnancy

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

sofialexandra's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense 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: Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, and Mental illness

Moderate: Vomit

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