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Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez

25 reviews

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

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

daenerystargaryen's review against another edition

emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Chronic illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Medical content, Vomit, Cursing, Infidelity, and Blood

Moderate: Medical trauma, Animal cruelty, Alcohol, Suicide, Miscarriage, Infertility, Eating disorder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

marioosa517'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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Blood, Alcohol, Vomit, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, and Grief

smilagros's review against another edition

challenging funny hopeful lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.5

This was my first Abby Jimenez and I get the hyped. I listened to this on audio and I recommend reading it that way. It has a male voice actor and a female voice actor. Just the tone they use sometimes is how I would have said it in my head if I was reading it physically. The only reason it is not a 5 is because of the ending. I felt that it may have needed to be longer to just flesh out what happened. I felt it was rushed a little in the end and I wish there was more build up to the epilogue. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Medical content, Vomit, and Grief

tigerkind's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Predictable. Boring and rambling. Almost too cute. 

Also, this is just my personal pet-peeve but how about we don’t end every single love story in a pregnancy and a wedding? Not wanting kids is not automatically a trauma response.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, and Abandonment

Moderate: Vomit, Alcohol, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Terminal illness

Minor: Medical content and Violence

juanat77's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Grief, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Blood, Sexual content, Chronic illness, Vomit, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Medical content, and Pregnancy

jenniferbbookdragon's review against another edition

emotional 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

5.0

If I could rate this higher than a 5 I would! Starting this book, I thought it would be a typical rom-com with a fake-dating trope, but it became a much deeper story. Both Jacob and Briana are complex characters with medical careers,  recent painful relationship histories, and complicated extended families. Mental health and organ donation are woven into the story in meaningful ways,  and I truly loved how people showed up for each other. There is real character growth. 
I will definitely be seeking out other books by Abby Jimenez.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Infidelity, Alcohol, Medical content, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Vomit

fleur____'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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcohol, Infidelity, Medical content, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, and Pregnancy