Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Just For The Summer by Abby Jimenez

131 reviews

mackenzieabraham's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Grief, Death of parent, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Abandonment, and Vomit

adphillips0108's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny relaxing fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Death of parent and Mental illness

gabypinata's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Child abuse, Grief, Abandonment, Death of parent, and Panic attacks/disorders

theladydetective's review against another edition

emotional

4.0

There was a lot to like about this book:  fun premise, great writing, and a wonderful golden retriever type book boyfriend. I think Justin is my favorite MMC from this author. 

However, this story tackles some really heavy topics such as abandonment, child neglect, abuse, and mental illness, and overall left me feeling a bit down. I also felt like the author went really hard during the 3rd act, but then tied everything up too easily? Almost like using short term therapy as a magic wand? 

Overall, this is a great story that I would recommend with some content warnings ⚠️ but probably would not read again.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Abandonment, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Death of parent, and Vomit

mayareads4fun's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful tense medium-paced

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

5.0

It was not what I expected going into it in the best way possible. It really had me by the heart and I couldn’t put it down. Very emotionally driven which I loved. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child abuse, and Mental illness

Minor: Death of parent and Fire/Fire injury

rmkg's review against another edition

I really liked this one. The world is getting so lived in, with so many familiar faces, and the two leading characters were lovable and fleshed out, with realistic strengths and problems. I was really rooting for them.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Vomit, Child abuse, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Death of parent, Dementia, Medical content, and Grief

ashrad's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful sad 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

4.75

Loved it. Really enjoyed that it was a bit different than other romances- there wasn’t that annoying thing where if only the characters had a real conversation this all could be avoided. Not quite a 5 star only because I don’t think it’s a book I’m going to be thinking about months from now, but definitely would recommend and I’m looking forward to checking out other books by Abby Jimenez. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Child abuse

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Alcoholism, and Addiction

Minor: Car accident, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, and Sexual content

bringmybooks's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

✨Bring✨ | Borrow | Bypass

Thank you to Edelweiss, Forever, & Hachette Book Group for the opportunity to read and review this book before it's publication date! This in no way affected my review, opinions are my own.

Review: Abby Jimenez's books are just so. dang. FUN. I love how there are super serious topics presented in each of her novels, but that they are done in a way that lets you go through the tough things without feeling like you've been clobbered. This probably wasn't my favorite of the books, just because the logic/plot portion of it missed a bit for me (for the most part, I'm able to suspend disbelief for her plots, but this one felt a bit too far-fetched). That being said, I can definitely say that if you've liked her previous books, I would feel fairly confident recommending this one to you as well!
 

Overall Rating: ★★★★ / 4.13 
 
Rating each element of the book out of 5★ 
Characters ★★★★★ 
Atmosphere ★★★ 
Writing ★★★★ 
Plot ★★★ 
Intrigue ★★★★ 
Logic ★★★ 
Enjoyment ★★★★ 
Pacing ★★★★ 
Dialogue ★★★★ 

★ did not like / ★★ it was okay / ★★★ liked it / ★★★★ really liked it / ★★★★★ loved it

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Car accident, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Child abuse, Grief, Cursing, Alcohol, Addiction, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Mental illness

hanlov's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

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

5.0

the biggest forehead kiss to Abby for this book!! I think this may have dethroned POYW for my favorite book of hers. It absolutely adore everything about this book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Death of parent

vanessagrausam's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Minor: Death of parent