Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez

42 reviews

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

oksypanda's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

3.5

3.5 stars ✨

I gotta say I loved Just for the Summer a lot more than this one. This one didn't keep my interest as much and I did get annoyed about the non communication issue! I liked it enough to give it a decent rating but I just wished they spoke about their feelings sooner and didn't assume the things they did. Aside from that, it's a good story! I do recommend checking for trigger warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical trauma, Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, Medical content, Sexual content, and Pregnancy

music_girl93's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Medical content, Cursing, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Mental illness, Pregnancy, and Chronic illness

ehoustonmyatt's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

4.0

This was very cute. This author writes anxiety and trauma pretty well where it’s relatable and understandable but not so overwhelming that the story can’t have a happy ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Grief, Medical trauma, Medical content, and Pregnancy

Minor: Miscarriage

Does the dog die?

of course not, this is a rom com

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

noellegrace8's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

A great romance read! The two main characters have serious chemistry and make one another better people. The writing is fantastic; their relationship comes to life on the page. And Jimenez really gets you to laugh with some of the depictions of scenes and characters' actions. She writes chronic anxiety well, what with the characters' constant mentioning of it and efforts to overcome issues in that area of their relationship. Plus, there are many quotable lessons learned within the course of the book, which I appreciated. I also felt interested by the big family that the main male love interest has, because larger families are kind of rare and I am 1 of 9.

I knocked off .25 for just a couple reasons. The first is that there is some contemporary language & concepts usage that is already not aging well. They're not offensive phrases or anything, but they're going to be considered cringey or dated after they stop being popular in a couple years. (Ex., using "epic" in drama talk)

I also think

Briana's pregnancy toward the end

is random and used a little too obviously as a plot device to create just another conflict for the new lovers, especially since

Alexis and Kelly both are also pregnant.

It seems as if the author is sort of saying that a relationship is actually at its most complete status, and most thrilling, when the couple

gets pregnant,

and I simply disagree with that blanket statement. Seeing the ex could have been a big enough issue on its own without that extra piece of backstory thrown in, especially one that is incredibly traumatic and therefore needed a building up throughout the novel if included at all.

And then, I'm also a bit mad that his ex-girlfriend and the younger brother

didn't get more of what they deserved for their backstabbing behavior,

even though Jacob

got over it easily enough in the end and said he hadn't necessarily ever actually loved her.

There are just some boundaries you don't cross, and they each could have chosen other people. And the family seemingly wanting to be okay with it was odd.

I don't factor audiobook performance into my star reviews, but I give both Kyla Garcia and Zachary Webber 5/5 easily. They are unique, not annoying, and did plenty of inflection without overdoing it.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Medical content, Abandonment, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, and Grief

Minor: Cultural appropriation, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Animal cruelty, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Death, Infertility, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Addiction, Classism, Sexism, Eating disorder, and Blood

The content warnings are given at the beginning of the book, actually. General things to know are: a main character has anxiety, both main characters work at a medical facility and have come out of toxic relationships.

cinnamxnstick's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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

4.0

Very cute! I didn’t love this as much as I loved Part of Your World - but I think that’s because the miscommunication was heavvyyyy in this book! 
I’m starting to love the way that Abby Jimenez writes all of the characters and gives them such solid backstories and motivation. I really enjoyed the dual POV in this to get Jacob’s insight throughout - as someone with anxiety I really appreciated the way this was such a core part of him without defining him! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Medical trauma

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Miscarriage

junieburns's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pregnancy

vyclayton'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

5.0

Loved this romance! I loved that both main characters were older and not 19 and thinking they have found their soul mate. There are complex emotions and growth that pulls on the heart. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage and Medical trauma

bookrecsondeck's review against another edition

emotional funny fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Mental illness, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Miscarriage

Minor: Sexual content